Trustees. Annual Report for the period
Pelh￿ start date
Period end dale
From
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2023
09
2024
Section A
Reference and adminislralion details
Charlty name
The Te88side 500 Group
Other nHmo8 charfty l• known by
The 500 Group
R6ulit•rad charlty numb81 Ill anyl
1175569
Charlty's prlnclpal addre8•
61 Birchwood Road,
MRttnn-In-r.IAyolwnd.
Middl&8brough.
PoAt¢od*
TS7 8DD
N*m•• ol chldty tr￿10*1 who m*n•g• tho ¢h*rlty
Dats*4¢t•d bf nottsrwhol•
¢)ftF¢• Ill•nyl
N•m•¥f p•rnon lortrjodyl *nu￿•d
Wllllam Woodward
Christopher Hall
M8rk Wilson
Mich881 Oowling
Adrian B¢4tlng11
John Alkin
Secretary
Troa5urer
111012023- 2712r2024
Adam Nicholson
Elizabalh H811
Andrew
R&8muts8•n
1911212023- 301912024
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Nam•s of the trustsB• for th• ¢h8rfty, if •ny, (for exafflple, any custodian trutst••&l
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Dates attad If not forwhol8
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2012

Nam•8 addres&e& of advi¥¢rs (Optional infomiatlonl
of advi¥er
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Addre89
N•m¢ of ¢hl•f e¥eGutfve or names of ¥enlor staff m8mbor8 ¢Op￿onal Infomiadonl
Section B
Structure,
overnance and mana
ement
D••Grlptlon ol th• charbty'8 trusta
Cons￿lution
Typ& of govomlng t1￿uMeNt
How the Char￿ 1$ con$lftul¢d
charitab￿ Incorporated Organlsatron
Trustoo solectlon m•thod8
Elected by memborn
Addltlc*n•l gov•rn•n¢• l••u•¥ Ioptlonal Infonnatlonl
Yeu may ¢hoo*o to In¢ludo
additional Info￿atIon, whore
relovwnt, 8boul'.
poliGieB 8nd procodures
odopled forthe induction and
training 01tru￿$￿,
the charity'8 org8ni8ation81
tslructurè Bnd gny wider
no￿￿rk wllh which Iha charfty
work8,
relationship with any r8lal8d
parbes,.
Im$ie¢s' GOnSideralion of
major r18k8 and the system
and proc8ttur88 to manage
them.
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March 2012

Section C
Ob-ectives and activities
The objects of the CIO are to advarKe the education of the public in the
history of public transport vehide5 particularty but not exclusively from
th8 T88ssld& Area by..
9¥mmary of th• obi•ct* of th•
charlty set out In Its
ooverning document
establishing ond preserving for posterity a collethK>n of puwic
tran6POrt vehicles, and
by such olhar m88ns as th8 Tru8le8s may determin?
ns
Ev•n
b he T•o#tsld• SOO Grou
'* V•hlcl•
Desprte operatKinal problems wlh one of our three aGtive buses IBristol
VR ROG1QfjRI ¥ve wote $iiii 10 Offer M&M￿r8 a lull anu varied raiiy
programm&. A full Iisl of our attandanc88 18 detailed balow..
Sunday 8 October 2023.. York¥hiro D#b8 Running Doy •1
Skipion.
Saturday 28 October 2023.. Northem Nat￿n81 R88loralion Group
Open Day al Philad81phi8.
Sunday 31" Marrh 2024 Klrkby SleplKgn & Prough Cla•$l¢
Commercial Véhlcle R811y.
Sunday 5, May 2024.. North Ea•t Bu8 Pmervllion TN8t
Melrocenlre Bus and Co8Gh Show.
Sunday 26 May 2024 Northern Nallonal R8Storatlon Group
Op8n Day 81 Philad81phia.
Tuesday 25° June 2024.. ovoning tour on ￿¥￿6￿d OK Motor
Sarvices Leyland Tiller lo Red¢or antl Sollburn.
Sunday 21, July 2024.. South Yoikghire TrAn8port Trust
E88twood IRotherhaml Open Day.
Tuesdgy 3tt' July 2024 Evanlng tour to the Tron8POrter Bridge
•NI Htsrtbpool.
Saturday 17" August 2024.. Aycllffe 8u8 ￿u8eum, Runnlng Day
and Diyplay.
Sunday 18" Awu$t 2024." Swttl$h Wntage Bu8 Mu8aum,
Lathalmond
Monday 26 August 2024.. North Eajl Buj Proservo1i¢n Tru$t
historic vehicle event at Segburn
Tuesday 27 August 2024.. Evening tour lo Tho Edon BUB
Service5, Shlldon, Co. t￿rharn.
Sunday 22- September 2024. D8wBbury Bus Muaeum. Autumn
Opan Day.
We also participated In othercommunty and heritag• eventj au fdlows..
Saturday 7, and Sunday 8, OGtotsr 2023". on both days Dannis
Loline JDC599 providtrd free IranÈport around the tram I
trolleybus circurt al Beamish Museum as part of the Mu8eum'8
autumn transport f8StNal
Saturday 29" and Sunday 3tt' Jun8 2024" Dennis Loline JDC599
w95 on show al Begmish Mu¥eum'$ Public Transport We8kend.
alurday 15 June 2024". Rotary Club ot0k￿leY Classics on
Show
Sunday 11, AugU51 2024. SlageGoach Slocklon Op8n Day
commernoraling 50 years of C￿¥818Thd Translt and 30 year8 of
Stage¢oa¢h on Te8$side
Thursday 24" September 2024.. Great Ntyth Air Ambulance
Cla55ic Bike and Car evenin
Surnrn4ry ol tho fflaln
actlvltléi und•rtAk•rb fot th•
publlc baneffit In r•latlon to
tho88 objects Ilnclude wlthln
thljj ¥frcllon tho ststutory
d•cl•ratlon th•t Iru¥t••• h•v•
had regard to the guldan¢•
I••uod by tho Charlty
Commls•lon on publ1¢
b•n•fftl
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Maich 2012

V8hlclo accommodatlon re
ir maintananctr and
As reported In our 2023 Annual Report. Volvo OlymKMan R8330VN was
sold to a commerci81 bu8 operator In October 2023.
Of our su( retained vehicles, thiee IM223SVN, JDC599 and RDC1(*RI
operated In the year with current MOTS We spent 8 total of £22,025 in
Ine accommodation. r8pair. maintenance and rèstoration of ourvehide5.
d Transit 1995 Volvo 01
8n M223SVN
A total of £6,643 was 8pant during thè year on reslorBtion 8nd general
maintenance including roplacemenl fuel lank8. front 8tep replacement.
replacefflent fuel injectors, replacement air Ws and plat88. wiThJow
replacement, l¢gether with tho purchpse of a ran9e of Jpare parts.
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A total of £7,489 spent on th? m8intengnce repair of JDC599.
During the wintèr of 2023124 a full overhaul was undertaken on the
81eering box and radiatvr. The bus was ready in lime for the spring and
Summer 8888on of 8v8nts and p8rfomed throughout the 6ea$on vAlh no
material Issu￿ arising.
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A lo181 of £2.437 wa$ In¢urred dunNJ the yeor on rep8lrs to tho bu$.
Followlng the serious englne loull $urtered In Aprll 2023, th& bu$
remalned out of a¢tion urilll the ¢ompletion of 11$ enuine rtrbuiltl in July
2024 The bus wa8 Used for the Séaburn 8venl on Mond8y 26 Augu8t
2024 bul on th8 d8y11 d@Ve￿Pad lurther problems ￿th Ils cylinder haad
ga6kel8. 11 was r81ired for the r881 of the 888son wlh a view lo il b81ng
rep8ired during tho wnler Ilhe80 ropairs were auc￿3￿1U1IY cornploied by
March 20251.
JDC544L way 8?nl to an exlemal repairer in 2018 from remedial work lo
ils eho$$i5 With furthw corroyion to the ch85sis h8ving been unGover0d
during 2022 had to wvitse our exptrctation8 regarding the project's
likely complelien data. Gradual progre88 continues lo b& made bul we
annot yel predict when the work will be COmp￿ted.
Gwen our other Vehic￿8. demands upon our team of volun18ers. only
limited further progress has been made on the resloralion of JVN40E.
Teesside 2004 MAN 18.220 NK54BF
Since being purchased in Q¢tober 2020, NK54BFE has been 8af8ly
stor8d undercover. During the year, minimal work was Ur￿ertsken on the
bus. allhotyjh planned repairs lo th8 whe81 arches were completed.
Towards the end of the reportsffj perlod. 88cured the of new
undercov8r accommodation for our vÈhicles Located on a farm In the
Stocklon-on-T8es area, this provides us wlh the facility lo undertake
wider range of maintenance and re5tor3lion WOFk than had been possible
accomrnodalion at the Sts
ecoach De ot in Sl(Kkton
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The process to relocate five of our vehicle5 IJDC599. JVN40E,
RDC106R. M223SVN and NK54BFEI was undertaken between October
2024 and May 2025 We wish lo gwe thanks lo Stagecoach for
8Gcommod8ting eur buses over many years and 41so fu th&r support
and assistanc8 during the rdocalion proca8S.
As described above, out sixth bus JDC544L remains al the South
Yorf(8hire TranÈpttt Tru)t's Museum ID Rolherham where il Is u4￿￿rgO11l
ng-term projed lo repair ils chas*8.
AGtlvltle
rshl
Monthly meetings are held for m8mb&rs ai whiGh the Tru51ees provide
LJpdal8s on vehiC￿S and events befora a main wesentalion on
Ir8n8POrt-relaled theme either by one of the members ￿ by a gu88t
$peaker Meetings are usually atterK1ed by approxirnolely thirty member5
and friends.
Wè continue lo seek to m8inlain our members, In18fest and onoagemenl
by lae u88 of social média and our bi-monthly New61eller. In addition lo
up-l&d8le news. our N6W81&iitrr contains a wide rarye of arti￿e5 of an
histori nature,
Our maln Facebook page continu88 to carry our naw& to • wider
audience. Our Teas8ld8 500 Group webslle 8150 keep8 m8mber8 and
the general public Informod of our Èctlvilk*$.
W8 ￿ve ¢onlinuod lo develop eur archive of h181oric tr8risport-rei*ed
malenals Includlng phoiogr•ph•, tlrnelabhs. faro tab￿9 and map8.
There is wn ongoing process lo record these dollally In ortler 10 assist
with current and I￿Ure historic re508rch and 8180 in conjunction with our
activrti88 to educate the
ublic 8boul the hiilts ol bus o
ratlons.
Addltlon•l d•tallB of obl•¢ifvM and a¢ttvltl•• IOptloMI Infomiallonl
Thé Tgesside 500 Group'8 8Ctlvrtles ar? wholly depa￿￿nI upon the input
of volunteers
Includlng Ihè TN$lee¥. memboru and colleagues from
other bus pr•Serya1￿fj group8.
You May choo•• to include
further stai8monls. where
relevant, about..
policy on grantmaking.,
policy programme related
Invtstment".
conlrlbution mwje by
volunle8r&.
There 18 a c￿8 pool of approxim8t81y 7-8 driv8r$ who Nhare the task of
drI￿n9 tho lo ond from tho many events ottended ovar the COu¢ae
of the year.
There 18 also a corÈ team of volunteers to undertake the ganeMI rapak8
nd maintenance of the vehicles
Even when work ha8 to be rA)mmerGiglly outswrced. our preferenc8. all
other consideration8 being equal, Is lo deal with $uppliets who speualise
In working with or supporting the Herilsge Sector.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
We undertook a wicle 8nd varied programme ol events. 8tt8nding Èleven
historic vehicle rallEs duririg the year together with providing three
evening outing8 on historic buses for our memb8ts
Summary of the main
a¢hiÈvemÈllts of th¢ Gharity
durlng th& yéar
Vve have Gorninued io ¢Jevelop links wrth local museums and otner h)cai
transport history charities fof th8 purpose of d8veloping an arthive of
historr material In particular we have 8lr8nglhened our relationship with
eamish Museum in order lo support the museum's develowenl of n8w
exhibits themed upon life In the 19508. Our 1958 Dennls Loline JDC599
Wa8 rnade availabK8 to Beamish Museum forfour days duriNJ th8 year.
We were haawily Involved In tha planning. coordination and management
of Stagecoach North East's very successful Open Day which was held al
114 Stockion D•pol on Sunday 11 Au5u4t 2024 tu commamorat8 1*
fiftieth anniversary of the cr881ion of the Cleveland Transit undertaking
and the Ihirtielh anniversary of Sl8geco&ch'8 8cqu18ilion of the Cleveland
Transit Limited. We produced a programm? for the event, providing
visitors with g brief history of municip81 Ir8n5POrt w Tee55id•, together
with detai18 of the Stagècoach Group'& involv¥m¥nl in lo¢al publi
Iran8port over the last 30 years. Th6 lamIly￿rIan1&d 8v8nl •tira¢#•d
rnany hundreds of visitors. rec?Ning much p)8itive feedback.
n conjunct￿n with the Cleveland Tr8n8118nniv8f88ry commomoraYon8,
we produced a len-page article wttich w88 published In Clessic Bus
Tnagazine.
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Mar¢h 2012

Section E
Financial review
As al 30 Seplfrmber 2024. a total cash reserve of £8,555 was held. a
reduction of £3.919 against the balance h81d al 3(V S8ptemb8r 2023
Bri￿ $tstement ofthe
Charity's policy on reserve¥
Of thi5 resetve a sum of £2,400 has been allocated for the remedial
chassis work being undertaken on Da1mler Flettllne JDC544L.
08ts119 ol any fund8 matsrlally
In deflclt
Non8
Fyrth•r fln•n¢l•l revlow detall8 Ioptlonal Infomiatlonl
You may ¢hoo•fr lo include
additlonal Information, where
r81evanl about..
the Ghgrily's principal
$ources of funds (including
any fundraisingl-.
how ex￿ndIt￿r0 ha5
supported the key objectives
of th8 ¢harily,
In￿NtmAn1 Trilir.y And
obje￿iveS including any
elhiGo1 inveutmenl polKy
adopled
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
Tho trustees declare Uiat they have appr¢v6d tht tru5teD5' roport above.
Slgned on behalf of the charMy'# trustèè
Slgnatur8181
Full nzmel¥l
Polrtlon Its SeGretsiryi
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