## **Trustees' Annual Report** Period start date Period end date **From** 1 April 2023 **To** 31 March 2024 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1162485 **Charity's principal address** 70 Well Meadow Bridgnorth **Postcode** WV15 6DE Trevithick 200 **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Allen Bellamy|Chairman||| ||Michael Grocock|Secretary||| ||Brian Jones|||| ||Charles Lamont|Treasurer||| ||John Price|||| ||David Reynolds|Chief Engineer||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||| ||**Name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |||||| |||||| **TAR** March **2012** 1 **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** **Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Foundation CIO (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods appointed by trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** The trustees are very aware that they are now all over 70 years old and You **may choose** to include that succession is a matter that requires attention. Efforts at recruitment additional information, where have so far not succeeded. relevant, about: • The trustees are of the opinion that to attract more interest the locomotive policies and procedures needs to be returned to steam. This has not been possible yet, as our adopted for the induction and host, the Severn Valley Railway, has not been able to accommodate our training of trustees; locomotive in its workshops. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **TAR** March **2012** 2 To advance the education of the public in the industrial heritage of Bridgnorth, in the town's place in the industrial revolution, and in the history of railway steam locomotion, particularly but not exclusively by the **Summary of the objects of the** construction, exhibition and demonstration, at the Severn Valley Railway **charity set out in its** and elsewhere, of a full-size working replica of the world famous "Catch **governing document** Me Who Can" locomotive, built in Bridgnorth in 1808, and by holding discussions and lectures. As reported last year, we have arranged to have a more prominent location for our stall at SVR events. This has proved to give us better exposure and improved revenue. Trustees have continued to work with the town council and other local entities on relevant historical street furniture about the town. The trustees understand the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit, and have acted with regard to the guidance. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** **TAR** March **2012** 3 You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## Section D Achievements and erformance p Because of our continuing problem with gaining access to workshop **Summary of the main** facilities, no progress has been made towards the completion of the **achievements of the charity** locomotive. This ongoing problem is becoming a matter of concern. A **during the year** small amount of maintenance work has been carried out. Greater prominence at events has meant that we have been better able to bring the Catch Me Who Can story to public notice. **TAR** March **2012** 5 **Section E Financial review** Trevithick 200 trustees do not have a formal policy on reserves. **Brief statement of the** Reserves are required for continuing engineering work and future costs **charity’s policy on reserves** of maintaining and running the replica. **Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)** With event attendance now improving after the pandemic, and with a You **may choose** to include much better location for our fund-raising stand, and not much spending additional information, where during the year, we have a small positive cash flow of £280. relevant about: • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); • how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; • investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **TAR** March **2012** 6 ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
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Charles Lamont|Michael Grocock| ||
Treasurer|Secretary| ||23 January 2025|| ||23 January 2025|| **TAR** March **2012** 7 ## **Trevithick 200 Charity Accounts 2023/24** |**Bank Account**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**date**|**description**|**reference**|**receipts**|**payments**|**balance**| |2023-04-01|**Opening Balance**||||**3,623.34**| |2023-04-11|Sumup test payment nett||0.98||3,624.32| |2023-04-12|Trustee expenses refund|||49.10|3,575.22| |2023-04-12|Cash|500074|128.93||3,704.15| |2023-04-17|Sumup receipts||73.25||3,777.40| |2023-04-23|Cash|500075|200.00||3,977.40| |2023-04-24|Amazon Smile||5.00||3,982.40| |2023-04-25|Walker Midgley - insurance|||325.87|3,656.53| |2023-05-23|Amazon Smile||14.42||3,670.95| |2023-08-17|Donations via PayPal||125.33||3,796.28| |2023-08-21|Print sales from Stoneway Gallery|500076|90.00||3,886.28| |2023-09-12|Cartridge Banner from Jigsaw Design|||180.00|3,706.28| |2023-09-18|Autumn Gala card payments||136.64||3,842.92| |2023-09-25|Donation via PayPal||28.83||3,871.75| |2023-09-25|Expenses refund - jam jars|||14.40|3,857.35| |2023-10-03|Cash|500077|150.00||4,007.35| |2024-01-08|Trevithick Society subscription|||35.00|3,972.35| |2024-03-13|Bridgnorth Civic Society|500078|111.00||4,083.35| |2024-03-27|Signform Ltd|000041||222.00|3,861.35| |2024-03-31|**Closing Balance**||||**3,861.35**| ||**Totals and Cash Flow**||**953.38**|**604.37**|**349.01**| |**Cash**|||**receipts**|**payments**|| |2023-04-01|**Cash in Hand brought forward**||||**168.28**| |2023-04-04|Merchandise||10.00||178.28| |2023-04-12|Banked|||128.93|49.35| |2023-04-15|Spring Gala Saturday cash takings||126.50||175.85| |2023-04-16|Spring Gala Sunday cash takings||93.50||269.35| |2023-04-20|Banked|||200.00|69.35| |2023-09-16|Autumn Gala Saturday cash takings||141.50||210.85| |2023-09-16|Print framing|||70.00|140.85| |2023-09-17|Autumn Gala Sunday cash takings||66.00||206.85| |2023-10-03|Banked|||150.00|56.85| |2024-01-11|Merchandise||19.60||76.45| |2024-03-24|Bridgnorth mini gala||23.50||99.95| |2024-03-31|**Carried Forward**||||**99.95**| ||**Totals and Cash Flow**||**480.60**|**548.93**|**-68.33**| ||||**receipts**|**payments**|| ||**Total Cash Flow (excluding banked cash)**||**955.05**|**674.37**|**280.68**| |**Creditors**|**Total**|**0.00**|||| |**Debtors**|**Total**|**0.00**|||| |**Current Liabilities**|**Total**|**0.00**|||| |**Assets**|**Item**|**Estimate**|||| ||Locomotive|50,000.00|||| ||Merchandise stock (at 50% of list price)|2,500.00|||| ||Parts, materials and work-in-progress|3,000.00|||| ||**Total**|**55,500.00**||||