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2025-10-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 1 Novembe 2024 31 October 2025 From r To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1164199

North Eastern Railway Association

Charity's principal address 2 McNay Street Darlington Postcode DL3 6SW

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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any)		 Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Andrew Neil Mackay Chairman Members of the charity
Christine Joyce Richardson Treasurer Members of the charity
John McCree Scott Secretary Members of the charity
John Dilworth Carr 1/11/2024 – 12/04/2025 Members of the charity
Ian William Mitchell 12/04/2025 – 31/10/2025 Members of the charity
Edward John Orwin Members of the charity
Keith Richardson Members of the charity
Peter David Sykes 12/04/2025 – 31/10/2025 Members of the charity
Alan Tully Members of the charity
Ian Watson 1/11/2024 – 12/04/2025 Members of the charity
Claire Williamson Members of the charity
David John Williamson Members of the charity

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance, and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Normally elected by members at the AGM. Exceptionally can be co-opted by the Trustees at one of their meetings subject to confirmation at the following AGM.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The object of the charity is to advance the education of the public in the history of all the railways that have operated in the North East of England, particularly the North Eastern Railway, its constituents, and successors. The charity will achieve this object by: collecting and preserving historical records, regularly publishing a Journal, arranging a programme of meetings/exhibitions, encouraging the construction of accurate models of the railways, encouraging the writing of appropriate books and their publication, and working with public and private bodies such as Community Rail Support Groups and Train Operating Companies, Network Rail, Heritage Railway Associations and organisations representing railway staff.

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Darlington Archives Team During the year 91 queries have been received and dealt with by the Archives Department based at McNay Street in Darlington and 47 through the webpage via the General Secretary, thus making a total of 138 . The Archives Team is continuing with an ongoing programme of digitisation and by maintaining an extensive library of video talks, which also contributes towards education, and recording aspects of North Eastern Railway history, thus satisfying part of our charitable aims.

Main Activities

NERA continues to provide a series of evening presentations arranged via Zoom Video technology which allow a worldwide audience to participate directly from the comfort of their own homes. There were five talks this year.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the Community Engagement has increased during the year with talks public benefit in relation to given to promote the reopening of the Northumberland Line and the these objects (include within North Shields 800 festival. this section the statutory Special NERA Banners were produced to promote the work of NERA declaration that trustees at community events and included in the design were QR codes for have had regard to the ease of access to more information using mobile telephones. guidance issued by the Charity Commission on The programme of Railway Walks continued with a walk from public benefit)

The programme of Railway Walks continued with a walk from Middleton-in-Teesdale to Barnard Castle. It was well attended by 20 people,10 of whom were non-members.

There were nine public events during the year which included two at York (one of which included the Annual General Meeting), two at Hull, and three at Hopetown Museum in Darlington. All offered a varied programme for members and guests attending. We also attended Rail 200 Events at the Stainmore Railway in August and at the Stephenson Steam Railway Museum in North Shields, which took place in late October. The Robert Stephenson Trust, North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group, ASLEF and the Mining and Mechanical Institute from Newcastle also participated at this event.

All the facilities and activities are available to the public and are advertised on the charity’s website (http://www.ner.org.uk)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

The charity continues to be run by volunteers and their contribution You may choose to include across the full range of our activities has been essential to the further statements, where success of the Association during the year. relevant, about:

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Section D Achievements and performance

Four issues of our North Eastern Express journal together with four Summary of the main accompanying supplements were published. A special issue was achievements of the charity produced in August to mark the bicentenary of the opening of The during the year Stockton & Darlington Railway. (Rail 200) Membership The membership currently stands at 669 of which 175 are digital only, meaning those members can receive copies of the North Eastern Express journal online instead of by post, thus saving the cost of postage. Publications and Sales Sales stands at NERA presentation events and Model Railway Exhibitions at York Racecourse, North Shields, Kirkby Stephen (Stainmore Railway) and Newcastle and NERA events at the Bar Convent in York have performed well helping to promote NERA books and facsimiles of historical railway related documents. These events are also an opportunity to interact with other interested parties from the wider railway community. New Sales Stands Banners have been produced to assist in promoting NERA.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the
charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially
in deficit		 The charity holds a reserve fund of £45,000 which is adequate to meet all
its obligations in the event of winding up. It has four designated funds for
archive acquisitions, membership development and IT development, and
publications. At year end, the total value of the designated funds was
£25,027
No fund is in deficit

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Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Membership fees and publication sales are the principal source of funding.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Position (e.g., Secretary, Chair,
etc)
Date
A N Mackay		 J M Scott

Andrew Neil Mackay		 John McCree Scott


Chairman		 General Secretary
15thNovember 2025
15thNovember 2025

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Charity Name No (if any) No (if any)
NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION 1164199
Receipts andpayments accounts CC16a
For the period
from		 Period start date
01-Nov-24		 To Period end date
31-Oct-25
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds		 Total funds Last year
to the nearest
£		 to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Subscriptions 19,834 - - 19,834 19,564
Donations 1,385 - - 1,385 1,024
Grants - - - - -
Publications 18,472 - - 18,472 17,093
Miscellaneous 2,757 - - 2,757 3,342
Legacies - - - - -
Archive services 170 - - 170 -
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Sub total(Gross income for AR) 42,618 - - 42,618 41,023
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 42,618 - - 42,618 41,023
A3 Payments
Magazine 11,654 - - 11,654 13,981
Donations & Grants - - - - -
Meetings & Visits 1,174 - - 1,174 986
Archive 9,610 - - 9,610 3,947
Publications 13,822 - - 13,822 11,595
Publicity 912 - - 912 165
Administration 1,222 - - 1,222 1,708
Miscellaneous 254 - - 254 68
Show expenses 658 - - 658 -
**Sub total ** 39,304 - - 39,304 32,451
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
**Sub total ** - - - - -
Total payments 39,304 - - 39,304 32,451
Net of receipts/(payments) 3,314 **- ** - 3,314 8,573
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 113,091 - - 113,091
Cash funds this year end 116,405 - - 116,405 8,573
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Categories Details funds funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Bank accounts 113,091 - -
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Total cash funds 113,091 - -
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s)) Agreement Error OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets - - -
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Details Fund to which
asset belongs		 Cost (optional) Current value
(optional)
B3 Investment assets - -
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Details Fund to which
asset belongs		 Cost (optional) Current value
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B4 Assets retained for the - -
charity’s own use - -
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Fund to which Amount due When due
Details liability relates (optional) (optional)
B5 Liabilities -
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Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees		 Signature Print Name Date of approval
CJRichardson Christine JoyceRichardson !5November 2025

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of

North Eastern Railway Association - Charity Number 1164199

I report to the Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of North Eastern Railway Association for the period 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2025

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

Examine the financial statements under section 145 of the Charities Act,

To follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and

To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner’s statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the financial statements present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.

Signed CW Jagger

4[th] December 2025