# DEAN FOREST LOCOMOTIVE GROUP

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1164847
- **Other names:** DFLG
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 14, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1164847


## Contact

- **Address:** Dean Forest Locomotive Group (CIO), New Mills, Forest Road, LYDNEY, Gloucestershire
- **Postcode:** GL15 4ET
- **Phone:** 01452526001
- **Email:** deanforestrailway.locogroup@virginmedia.com
- **Website:** www.deanforestlocogroup.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (1)TO ACQUIRE AND TAKE OVER ALL OR ANY PART OF THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PRESENT UNINCORPORATED BODY KNOWN AS THE DEAN FOREST LOCOMOTIVE GROUP (2)TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, LEARNING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT BY THE ACQUISITION, RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, EXHIBITION AND OPERATION OF HERITAGE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK AND EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE SEVERN & WYE RAILWAY, RAILWAYS IN THE FOREST OF DEAN & GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR TO PRESERVE, OPERATE AND DISPLAY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FORMER GWR STEAM LOCOMOTIVE NO.5541 AND BR STEAM LOCOMOTIVE NO.9681 AT THE DEAN FOREST RAILWAY AND OTHER SUITABLE LOCATIONS.(3)TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND LEARNING BY THE CONSERVATION AND EXHIBITION TO MUSEUM STANDARDS OF DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS OF HISTORIC, TECHNICAL AND ACADEMIC INTEREST ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK AND EQUIPMENT AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.(4)TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND LEARNING BY THE PUBLICATION OF PAMPHLETS, BOOKLETS, PERIODICALS OR BOOKS RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION, MAINTENANCE, REBUILDING AND OPERATION OF THE LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK SO AS TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF PRESERVATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

**Activities:** INCORPORATED AS A CIO ON THE 14 DECEMBER 2015 TO TAKE OVER THE WORK ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF AN UNINCORPORATED GROUP OF THE SAME NAME.THE CIO HAS CONTINUED TO PRESERVE, RESTORE, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ITS LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK FOR PUBLIC OPERATION AND EDUCATION, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE INVOLVED.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Gloucestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £111750 | £80542 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £108273 | £101906 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £79816 | £95463 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £75585 | £61697 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £18883 | £55088 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **MATTHEW CRAIG SEXTON** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 14, 2015
- DOUG PHELPS — appointed April 22, 2017
- Hannah Louise Kingdon — appointed April 20, 2024
- Hilary Anne Hill — appointed March 30, 2021
- IAN HATTON — appointed April 26, 2025
- IAN LESLIE FAWCETT — appointed Dec. 14, 2015
- JOHN STANLEY METHERALL — appointed Dec. 14, 2015
- RAUFFE HAGEN SHIRLEY — appointed Dec. 14, 2015
- Stephen Hawkins — appointed Feb. 12, 2025
- TOM HALFORD — appointed Dec. 14, 2015
- Thomas William Timothy Buffin — appointed April 20, 2024
- Tracy Garrad — appointed April 26, 2025