## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 27[th] September 2024 To 26[th] September 2025**
## **Charity name: The Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway**
## **Charity registration number: 1177252**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the education of the public**
**about the Stockton and Darlington**
**Railway (S&DR) and its seminal role in**
**the development of the modern railway**
**through its national and international**
**influence and the conservation of the**
**structures, archives and artefacts of the**
**S&DR.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The Friends of the Stockton &**
**Darlington Railway carry out these**
**purposes through:**
•
**Promoting the Stockton &**
**Darlington Railway through the**
**research and publication of**
**articles, books and digital**
**materials relating to the history**
**of the Stockton & Darlington**
**Railway**
•
**Outreach and education**
**activities in the local community**
**including the leading of guided**
**walks and giving talks on the**
**Stockton & Darlington Railway**
•
**Conservation activities relating**
**to the historic structures and**
**landscapes of the Stockton &**
**Darlington Railway**
•
**Campaigning and lobbying to**
**raise awareness of the**
**importance of the Stockton &**
**Darlington Railway with decision**
**makers and, to prevent loss of,**
**and unsympathetic**
**redevelopment impacting on the**
**historic structures and setting of**
**the S&DR.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity|Para 1.18|**The trustees are aware of guidance**
**published by the Charity Commission**
**on Public Benefit and the guidance is**|
|Commission on public
benefit||**taken into account when they review the**
**objectives and activities of the charity.**
**The Charity exists for the public benefit**
**by ensuring that it’s work focuses on**
**the advancement of education of the**
**Stockton & Darlington Railway and the**
**conservation of structures, archives and**
**artefacts of the Stockton & Darlington**
**Railway.**|
|---|---|---|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
difference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any
wider benefits to society
as a whole.|Para 1.20|At the 2025 AGM (Nov 1st) The Chair reported as
follows: I’m writing this report in late October
2025, looking back on a remarkable year and
reviewing the Chair’s report I gave last year which
was full of hope that various projects and
initiatives which the Friends had worked on for a
decade or more were coming to fruition. The
S&DR’s bicentenary year has turned out to have
delivered considerable success in most areas, a
few disappointments and some unexpected but
very welcome moments and experiences which
will long stay in the memory. The key message I
think from this year is that we have now clearly
established the S&DR in the public mind,
regionally, nationally and internationally as the
place the modern railway began. On the crest of
the SDR200 and Rail200 festivals, a multitude of
TV, radio and press appearances, engaged
communities and increased visitors we now have
an opportunity to put in place a lasting legacy.
What form will that legacy take? I hope one of
communities inspired by and engaged with their
heritage, well maintained historic buildings,
vibrant museums and events, prosperous local
business and those in education being inspired to
be the next generation of innovators, engineers
and those who will care for the S&DR legacy in
the future.
How will we achieve this? Well I’m pleased to say
we’ve already started by continuing to work with
and foster the partnerships which have made the
successes of the last decade and seen over £60
million
invested
in
terms
of
museum
refurbishment,
historic
building
restoration,
events,
interpretation
and
other
S&DR/rail
projects. In difficult economic times, Durham,|
|Darlington and Stockton Councils, together with|
|---|
|the Science Museum Group (Locomotion) have|
|delivered on many of the projects we’ve keenly|
|lobbied for. After 2025 we want to see these new|
|museum
facilities
prospering,
the
S&DR|
|walking/Cycling trial managed and cared for,|
|events,
education
and
historic
structural|
|conservation on-going. Our role in this future is|
|still to be defined, but with support from partners|
|we were late last year successful in getting a grant|
|of £238,000 from the National Lottery Heritage|
|Fund to undertake planning to identify this and|
|how we as an organisation can develop and|
|evolve. We’re now well on with a variety of studies|
|and work:|
|•
Jim Rees (late of Beamish and the NRM),|
|was appointed as our full time Project|
|officer until June 2026.|
|•
Jonathan Ratcliffe our secretary has been|
|employed for additional hours.|
|•
Archaeo-Environment
have
been|
|appointed to research and deliver a|
|Conservation Management Plan for the|
|line and creation of a GIS database to|
|manage it.|
|•
And just recently we’ve appointed a|
|consortium of specialists led by Tourism|
|UK to take forward the production of a|
|Business Plan, a governance review, a|
|fund-raising
strategy
and
a|
|communications and marketing plan.|
|As an organisation rooted in its communities,|
|volunteers, supporters and partnerships these|
|various specialists will be consulting and asking|
|everyone for their thoughts and help in the coming|
|months. Hopefully by April/May 2026 we will have|
|a completed plan for how we go forward in future|
|which all partners can sign up to and support. This|
|is how we hope to deliver a lasting legacy for the|
|S&DR. This development into a more established|
|charity is not an easy one with significant|
|bureaucracy and paperwork (essential though for|
|future grants and projects), and I must pay thanks|
|to our trustees, advisors and our Vice Chair Alan|
|Townsend for their help and guidance. In|
|particular we should all be grateful to have such a|
|wonderful secretary as Jonathan Ratcliffe who|
|brings expertise, diligence and passion to his work|
|and without whom we would not be where we are.|
Jonathan has also taken forward placing our accounts onto new software, no small challenge but essential as the number of transactions and scale of our funding increases. Finances look healthy at the moment with grants and publications sales in particular allowing us to achieve many things. This next year will be challenging however and dependant on a successful outcome of our business planning study and grant applications, in particular for the Heighington project. Although still to be agreed, it seems likely that owning and managing heritage railway property and buildings will be a large part of our future. Not only will this deliver our conservation objectives, but managed well should produce income and opportunities for volunteering, education and visitors. Our flagship project in this area is Heighington Station (the World’s oldest railway station). As members will know we launched a campaign in early 2024 to raise the required funds and held discussions with several grant giving bodies to buy the building. While many parties were keen to help restore the building, there were few opportunities for grant aid to buy it. Well I’m exceptionally pleased to say this year we did it! Crowd source funding raised over £40k from nearly 400 individual donations, The Headley Trust provided £10k towards the project, events, lectures and publicity kept small donations rolling in (including several from the local Masonic community inspired perhaps that one of their members John Carter built it in 1826!), but the final essential donation of £250,000 came from Hitachi Rail. Following amazing work by local MP Alan Strickland and his colleague Lord Phil Wilson, Hitachi were pleased to make our project happen, clearly seeing the link between the S&DR and their rail factory a few hundred metres away. As of September 2025, we now own the building and are developing a plan for restoration and to re-open (hopefully by its 200[th] birthday) in 2027. Big thanks to the new Heighington Station volunteer group and their fantastic efforts to make the building look tidy on the outside. We have grant applications in to now help with the restoration to Railway Heritage Trust, Architectural Heritage Fund, Durham County Council and are planning a major bid to the National Lottery Heritage Fund next year. Fingers crossed we’ll all be able to enjoy food and drink in
our own Georgian themed railway station-inn sometime soon! Our other significant building restoration project has been the former house of Edward Pease on Northgate in Darlington. Here Pease and Stephenson met and planned the modern railway. Sadly, after Edward died the house was sold and divided into shop units, in recent years even though it is listed Grade II, it has fallen into considerable decay. Working with Darlington Council one of the four divided parts of the house has now been bought. The intention was for this part to be restored and for the Friends to have a 30 year lease to use as our offices and from which to work on acquiring and restoring the remainder of the house. This is an incredibly important project not just for S&DR history, but for regenerating Northgate, connecting town centre with the Hopetown Railway Museum. Sadly, despite listed building consent being granted for works, finances at Darlington Council mean the full repairs can’t go ahead. Instead, the roof will be repaired stabilising the building from further decay while a longer-term solution is discussed. Darlington have however acknowledged our need for offices and we are in discussion with them to use space in another quaker merchant house also on Northgate. Having our own offices is essential, not only in the message it sends out as to the status of our charity, but also most of your trustees and officers desperately need to get space in our spare rooms back which are full of publications for sale and archives! I’m pleased to say that our on-going partnership with the councils of Durham, Darlington and Stockton continues and we are represented on the Rail Heritage Partnership Board which is steering 2025 and longer-term celebration and conservation of the S&DR. As in any partnership we are often required to keep many matters confidential. The board have been helpful in many and various ways to the Friends and we hope the post 2025 future will see it remain in some form as a coordinating and facilitating force. I can’t possibly do justice to the work of Niccy Hallifax the 2025 Festival Director and her colleagues in this short annual review. The breadth of events was staggering, covering all age ranges and appetites, well done Niccy and
team! From aerial drone shows, to steam engines, creative writing to theatre and spectacle there was something for everyone. We look forward to seeing any official reviews of the year, but a quick look back through our own Facebook page (please do join if you haven’t already), provides a visually stimulating record of all that went on. My own lasting memories probably centre on the anniversary weekend and the journey of the 1975 replica No.1. The 26 mile relay of a basket of coal and flour organised by John Raw on the 27[th] was special, and in the early morning at Brusselton waiting to do my bit I bumped into a father and seven year old son who had driven overnight to be there, later that day Locomotion No.1 paused by our Heighington station, and later on the sight of Matthew Pease, our president and 4 times Great Grandson of Edward dressed as the great man with wide brimmed hat and with specially grown sideburns just made the day! While the festival programme became clear and defined by the early part of 2025, there was concern from many members that the event was not being advertised sufficiently and perhaps too late. We have raised this at every opportunity for several years and promoting the S&DR far and wide from our own limited resources. Well done to those who established and ran our own festival office in Darlington to hand out information and answer questions. Part of Niccy’s work before her contract concludes next year will be to review the festival and it’s important we understand any lessons to be learnt as we plan for the future. While big S&DR festivals happen every 50 years (since 1875!), part of our plans for the future will be to hold more modest, but no less important festivals every year in September in future. I’m really grateful to our members and volunteers who worked on a wonderful selection of projects from guided walks to Rail Ale Trails, street theatre to lecture programmes this year, all of which will inspire future festivals. If you have bright ideas please do come forward. In addition to the festival and fringe we also were pleased to host the 8[th] international Early Railways Conference this year, held in Darlington. Many members attended and also gave papers on the S&DR. The proceedings will be published next year and we’ll make sure everyone knows
|once these are available. Thanks again to our|
|---|
|friends at Husqvarna for sponsoring the key note|
|speech and wine reception.|
|Our publications continue to sell well and I|
|congratulate everyone who contributes to The|
|Globe and has helped in reviewing and|
|republishing our walk booklets which are all now|
|available in the new much improved format. In|
|addition to earning an income for future|
|publications these are key to getting our message|
|out to the public. The limited-edition S&DR|
|bicentenary art quality book being produced by|
|ourselves turned out to be even more amazing|
|than anticipated and has sold exceptionally well,|
|a few copies are left which will make great|
|Christmas presents! at the moment as a fitting|
|souvenir
of
2025.|
|https://www.sdr1825.org.uk/product/stockton-|
|darlington-railway-book/|
|As in previous years I once again take great|
|pleasure
in
complementing
our
amazing|
|volunteers and partners along the line for the work|
|and passion they show in caring for our railway|
|heritage be it through repair works, guided walks,|
|events, litter picking, tree planting or just trying to|
|enthuse their neighbours and relatives to get|
|involved. Our membership continues to grow and|
|accounts are in healthy shape. There are once|
|more too many people to thank individually. Key|
|to our ongoing work are our area groups who will|
|be reporting elsewhere. But the sterling efforts of|
|long-term groups at Etherley, West Auckland and|
|Brusselton are now being complemented by a|
|new group at Heighington, great progress in|
|Darlington from the ‘DIG’ and a real difference to|
|the site at Fighting Cocks, while at Stockton|
|quayside plans to mark this key (Quay?!), part of|
|the line came to fruition thanks Barry Thompson|
|and Paul Marriner.|
|Durham County Council have continued with the|
|Levelling up Fund project to construct the S&DR|
|walking/Cycling route, but a number of logistical|
|problems meant it wasn’t all in place for|
|September. Richie Starrs and his colleagues (in|
|particular Bryan Harris, Dave Bambridge and Bev|
|Bentham) have put huge effort into this and much|
|is completed with interpretation boards, surfacing|
|and way marking. With the installation of a new|
|Gaunless Bridge in spring2026 and a Discovery|
Trail phone App in place we look forward to an official launch. Much remains to be done of the trail with ‘missing’ sections, especially passed Teesside airport, but we will keep working on it in future years. In the meantime, with a mixture of foot, bike and train use you can travel and explore the 26 miles now. Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (keep buying those lottery tickets) Cait Barratt, Claire Skaife and Jess Woodley at Darlington Council continue to work on community and volunteering projects along the line widening out involvement to children and the wider community. As we plan for the post 2025 legacy we hope and need to work more closely with Cait and colleagues to make the most of scarce resources. Cait is also the coordinating project officer for the S&DR Community Grant Scheme. This has approximately £40,000 per year to give to worthwhile community projects which celebrate S&DR and rail heritage along the line. The applications are judged against published criteria and decisions made by a panel which includes the Friends. Drop Cait a line if you have an idea for a project and are interested in applying for a grant at s&drcommunitygrantsscheme@darlington.gov.uk These will continue until 2027. Our own education work this year has involved assisting Felicity and Jess of the Bishop Line Community Rail Partnership with a project at Newton Aycliffe University Technical College, but mostly with primary school children through ‘Little Loco’s Big Day’ a children’s book on the opening day of the S&DR written by my ever-inspiring wife Caroline Hardie. https://www.sdr1825.org.uk/product/little-locosbig-day/. We were successful in attracting grant aid and support from Durham Councillors to run class room sessions and give primary school children along the line free copies of the book as a 2025 keepsake in County Durham. We also worked with Darington library, Preston Hall Museum and The Witham (Barnard Castle) with Little Loco sessions. A great and lasting success for 2025 was the erection of large metal signs along the line, modelled on those used on the ECML by LNER in the 1930s. Marking the 1825 route in this way was
|the brainchild of member Maurice Burns and we|
|---|
|were pleased to help by raising the £30,00 pounds|
|or so needed by successful grant applications to|
|Durham and Stockton Councils, Railway Heritage|
|Trust and Northern Trains to who thanks also go.|
|Big thanks also to Network Rail for agreeing to|
|bear the costs of installation and on-going|
|maintenance. The signs were all made locally by|
|Northern Heritage Engineering in Darlington. We|
|were also pleased to work with Maurice on|
|another project to digitise his film of the 1975|
|cavalcade and make it available on DVD.|
|Spreading the word about the S&DR is a big part|
|of what we do and myself, Caroline and others|
|have all delivered an enormous number of talks|
|and lectures not just regionally but as far afield as|
|Wells in Somerset. Providing lectures also brings|
|in additional donations and opportunities for book|
|sales. We’ve spoken to UK wide groups including|
|those planning L&MR2030 (just as in 1825 the|
|S&DR has lessons to pass on to them!), to|
|Historic England and at heritage professional|
|workshops. Perhaps most gratifying we were|
|invited to China to forge cultural links with their|
|railways resulting not only in groups of Chinese|
|schoolchildren visiting Hopetown, but also a|
|happy 200thbirthday S&DR video sung by the|
|staff of the Great Wall of China Museum!|
|I conclude with a thought that this must be a little|
|like what it felt like in late 1825. After 10 years|
|work, two Acts of Parliament and considerable toil|
|and trouble, the directors of the S&DR now had a|
|railway, they now needed to make it work,|
|innovate and turn a profit. This is very much where|
|we
find
ourselves,
thanks
to
substantial|
|investment and attention the S&DR is better|
|known and cared for than ever before. We must|
|build on that, innovate and Experiment to ensure|
|the legacy of the S&DR is of benefit to the|
|communities along the line and all those who|
|come to visit us.|
|**Niall Hammond, Chair FSDR**|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|This keeps the meaning but
uses more formal annual-
report language, including
“material uncertainties” and
“going concern.” Review of
the charity’s financial
position at the end of the
period|Para 1.21|**Financial performance**
**The charity performed strongly during**
**2024/25, supported by significant**
**grants, major donations and private**
**giving. As a result, it enters the new**
**financial year in a strong financial**
**position.**
**During the year, the charity purchased**
**its first significant asset in the historic**
**former Heighington Station Building.**
**Publication sales also increased**
**following the development of new**
**books, and the charity now holds**
**publication stock that is expected to**
**provide a steady income stream and**
**strengthen future sustainability.**
**Membership has continued to grow,**
**providing both regular income and**
**wider support for the organisation.**
**The trustees continue to embed**
**financial sustainability within the**
**charity’s operating model. With support**
**from an organisational stability grant**
**from the National Lottery Heritage Fund,**
**consultants have been engaged to**
**develop long-term business and**
**fundraising plans. These plans are**
**expected to support the charity’s**
**objectives over the next financial year**
**and into future years.**
**The trustees consider that the charity is**
**well placed for the next financial year,**
**with all staff and contractor**
**commitments fully funded for that**
**period. **|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Our activities are structured so that all**
**funds received are applied directly to**
**charitable purposes within a short**
**timeframe, and we do not retain**
**unrestricted funds beyond what is**
**required for immediate operational**
**commitments.**
**The trustees have considered the**
**Charity Commission’s guidance on**
**reserves and are satisfied that a**
**zero-reserves position is appropriate for**
**the scale and nature of our work. Our**
**activities carry minimal financial risk,**
**and our expenditure is only incurred**
**when funding is already secured with all**
**staff posts fully funded.**|
|||**Should circumstances change, the**
**trustees will review this policy to ensure**
**it remains appropriate and responsible.**|
|---|---|---|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The trustees have reviewed the charity’s**
**financial position and future**
**commitments and have identified no**
**material uncertainties that would cast**
**significant doubt on the charity’s ability**
**to continue as a going concern for the**
**next financial year.**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The organisation was registered as a**
**charity on 20th February 2018**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The charity is a CIO registered in**
**England & Wales**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are appointed from the**
**charity’s membership through decision**
**by the charity’s members at the annual**
**general meeting.**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|None|
|Registered charity number|1177252|
|Charity’s principal address|Marian Cottage
Lartington
Barnard Castle
County Durham
DL12 9BP|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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12
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15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Neil Hardie-
Hammond|Chair|||
||Alan Townsend|Vice-Chair|||
||Peter Bainbridge|Membership
Secretary|||
||Caroline Hardie|Editor|||
||BarryThompson|Trustee|||
||George Alderslade|Trustee|||
||Yvonne
Richardson|Trustee|From: 25thAugust 2025||
||John Raw|Trustee|||
||Norman Hugill|Trustee|||
||Paul Bruce|Trustee|From: 4thSeptember
2025||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**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 (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Neil Hardie-Hammond||
||
Chair of Trustees||
||24-07-2026||
||24-07-2026||
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Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway Charity No
(if any) 1177252
Annual accounts for the period
Period end
Period start date 27/09/2024 To date 26/09/2025
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## **Section A Statement of financial activities**
|**Recommended categories by**
**activity**
Guidance Notes
**Incoming resources (Note 3)**
**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
S01
Charitable activities
S02
Other trading activities
S03
Investments
S04
Separate material item of income
S05
Other
S06
S07
**Resources expended (Note 6)**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
S08
Charitable activities
S09
Separate material item of expense
S10
Other
S11
S12
S13
Net gains/(losses) on investments
S14
S15
**Extraordinary items**
S16
S17
S18
Other gains/(losses)
S19
S20
**_Reconciliation of funds:_**
S21
S22
1
**_Total_**
**_Net movement in funds_**
Total funds brought forward
**_Total funds carried forward_**
**_Total_**
**Net income/(expenditure) before investment**
**gains/(losses)**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Transfers between funds**
**Other recognised** **gains/(losses):**
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Prior year**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05
14,269 463,103
-
477,372
78,305
18,447
1,489
-
19,936
8,113
-
-
-
-
-
2,642
-
2,642
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||35,358
464,592
-
499,950
86,418|
||807
-
-
807
-
26,603
91,268
-
117,871
36,116
-
-
-
-
-
2,671
8,687
-
11,358
1,271|
||30,081
99,955
-
130,036
37,387|
|||
||5,277
364,637
-
369,914
49,031|
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-
-
-
-|
||5,277
364,637
-
369,914
49,031|
||-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
||5,277
364,637
-
369,914
49,031|
||21,405
63,294
-
84,699
35,668|
||26,682
427,932
-
454,614
84,699|
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Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway` Charity No 1177252
Company No
Annual accounts for the period Period start date: 27/9/2024 To period end date: 26/9/2024
Section B Balance sheet
Restricted
Unrestricted income Endowment Total this Total last
Guidance note funds funds funds year year
£ £ £ £ £
Fixed assets F01 F02 F03 F04 F05
Intangible assets (Note 15) B01 - - - - -
Tangible assets (Note 14) B02 - 286,602 - 286,602 -
Heritage assets (Note 16) B03 2,950 - 2,950 -
Investments (Note 17) B04 - - - - -
Total fixed assets B05 - 289,552 - 289,552 -
Current assets
Stocks (Note 18) B06 - - - - -
Debtors (Note 19) B07 - - - - -
Investments (Note 17.4) B08 - - - - -
Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24) B09 6,783 158,788 - 165,571 84,914
Total current assets B10 6,783 158,788 - 165,571 84,914
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year (Note 20) B11 510 - 510 215
Net current assets/(liabilities) B12 6,273 158,788 - 165,061 84,699
Total assets less current liabilities B13 6,273 448,340 - 454,614 84,699
Creditors: amounts falling due after one
year (Note 20) B14 - - - - -
Provisions for liabilities B15 - - - - -
Total net assets or liabilities B16 6,273 448,340 - 454,614 84,699
Funds of the Charity
Endowment funds (Note 27) B17 - - - -
Restricted income funds (Note 27) B18 448,340 448,340 63,294
Unrestricted funds B19 6,273 - 6,273 21,619
Revaluation reserve B20 -
Fair value reserve B21
Total funds B22 6,273 448,340 - 454,614 84,914
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_**The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.**_
_**The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to**_
_**These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.**_
Date of approval Signed by one or two trustees/directors on behalf of all the trustees/directors Print Name dd/mm/yyyy Signature Signature of director authenticating accounts being sent to Companies House Date dd/mm/yyyy **Print name**
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts**
## Note 1 **Basis of preparation**
## _**This section should be completed by all charities** ._
## **1.1 Basis of accounting**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:
the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities • and with* preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of • and with* Ireland (FRS 102)
- and with the Charities Act 2011.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.*
- -Tick as appropriate
## **1.2 Going concern**
_**If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, please provide the following details or state "Not applicable", if appropriate:**_
An explanation as to those factors that support the conclusion that the charity is a going concern;
_**Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable**_
Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the going concern assumption doubtful;
Where accounts are not prepared on a going concern basis, please disclose this fact together with the basis on which the trustees prepared the accounts and the reason why the charity is not regarded as a going concern.
## **1.3 Change of accounting policy**
The accounts present a true and fair view and the accounting policies adopted are those outlined in note { }.
Yes* * -Tick as appropriate No*
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## _**Please disclose:**_
- _**(i) the nature of the change in accounting policy; (ii) the reasons why applying the new accounting policy provides more reliable and more relevant information; and (iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the current period, each prior period presented and the aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods before those presented, 3.44 FRS 102 SORP.**_
## **1.4 Changes to accounting estimates**
No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS 102 SORP).
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Yes*
* -Tick as appropriate
No*
Please disclose:
(i) the nature of any changes;
(ii) the effect of the change on income and expense or
assets and liabilities for the current period; and
(iii) where practicable, the effect of the change in one or
more future periods.
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## **1.5 Material prior year errors**
No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS 102 SORP).
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* -Tick as appropriate
No*
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## _**Please disclose:**_
_**(i) the nature of the prior period error; (ii) for each prior period presented in the accounts, the amount of the correction for each account line item affected; and (iii) the amount of the correction at the beginning of the earliest prior period presented in the accounts.**_
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts**
## **Note 2 Accounting policies**
_Please complete this note when first reporting under FRS2102. Section 35 of FRS102, requires 3 reconciliations to be presented, if all are applicable._
## **2.1 RECONCILIATION WITH PREVIOUS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRACTICE**
**Please provide a description of the nature of each change N/A in accounting policy**
## _**Reconcilation of funds per previous GAAP to funds determined under FRS 102**_
**Start of End of period period £ £**
**Fund balances as previously stated** _**Adjustments:**_
## **Fund balance as restated**
_**Reconcilation of net income/(net expenditure) per previous GAAP to net income/(net expenditure) under FRS 102**_
**End of £ Net income/(expenditure) as previously stated** _**Adjustments:**_
**Previous period net income/(expenditure) as restated**
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 2 Accounting policies 2.2 INCOME**
_This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those ticked "No" or "N/a". Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below._
|**Recognition of income**
Donated services and facilities that are consumed immediately are recognised as income
with an equivalent amount recognised as an expense under the appropriate heading in
the SOFA.
The cost of any stock of goods donated for distribution to beneficiaries is deemed to be
the fair value of those gifts at the time of their receipt and they are recognised on receipt.
In the reporting period in which the stocks are distributed, they are recognised as an
expense at the carrying amount of the stocks at distribution.
**Donated services and**
**facilities**
Donated services and facilities are included in the SOFA when received at the value of
the gift to the charity provided the value of the gift can be measured reliably.
**Income from interest,**
**royalties and dividends**
This is included in the accounts when receipt is probable and the amount receivable can
be measured reliably.
**Income from membership**
**subscriptions**
Membership subscriptions received in the nature of a gift are recognised in Donations
and Legacies.
Membership subscriptions which gives a member the right to buy services or other
benefits are recognised as income earned from the provision of goods and services as
income from charitable activities.
These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
· it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources; and
the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
**Donated goods**
**Contractual income and**
**performance related**
**grants**
**Offsetting**
There has been no offsetting of assets and liabilities, or income and expenses, unless required or
permitted by the FRS 102 SORP or FRS 102.
**Grants and donations**
Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition
criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP).
This is only included in the SoFA once the charity has provided the related goods or
services or met the performance related conditions.
Donated goods are measured at fair value (the amount for which the asset could be
exchanged) unless impractical to do so.
In the case of performance related grants, income must only be recognised to the extent
that the charity has provided the specified goods or services as entitlement to the grant
only occurs when the performance related conditions are met (5.16 FRS 102 SORP).
**Legacies**
Legacies are included in the SOFA when receipt is probable, that is, when there has been
grant of probate, the executors have established that there are sufficient assets in the
estate and any conditions attached to the legacy are either within the control of the charity
or have been met.
**Government grants**
The charity has received government grants in the reporting period
**Tax reclaims on**
**donations and gifts**
Gift Aid receivable is included in income when there is a valid declaration from the donor.
Any Gift Aid amount recovered on a donation is considered to be part of that gift and is
treated as an addition to the same fund as the initial donation unless the donor or the
terms of the appeal have specified otherwise.
Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as income from donations
when receivable.
**Support costs**
The charity has incurred expenditure on support costs.
**Volunteer help**
Donated goods for resale are measured at fair value on initial recognition, which is the
expected proceeds from sale less the expected costs of sale, and recognised in 'Income
from other trading activities' with the corresponding stock recognised in the balance
sheet. On its sale the value of stock is charged against 'Income from other trading
activities' and the proceeds from sale are also recognised as 'Income from other trading
activities'.
Goods donated for on-going use by the charity are recognised as tangible fixed assets
and included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable.
The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described
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**Settlement of insurance** Insurance claims are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition **claims** criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP) and are included as an item of other income in the SoFA. **Investment gains and** This includes any realised or unrealised gains or losses on the sale of investments and **losses** any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.
**2.3 EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES**
**Liability recognition** Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty. Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support. **Governance and support costs** Governance costs comprise all costs involving public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage. Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of **Grants with performance conditions** service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output. Where there are no conditions attaching to the grant that enables the donor charity to **Grants payable without** realistically avoid the commitment, a liability for the full funding obligation must be **performance conditions** recognised. **Redundancy cost** The charity made no redundancy payments during the reporting period. **Deferred income** No material item of deferred income has been included in the accounts. **Creditors** The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade discounts A liability is measured on recognition at its historical cost and then subsequently **Provisions for liabilities** measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date **Basic financial** The charity accounts for basic financial instruments on initial recognition as per paragraph **instruments** 11.7 FRS102 SORP. Subsequent measurement is as per paragraphs 11.17 to 11.19, FRS102 SORP. **2.4 ASSETS Tangible fixed assets for** These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least **use by charity** They are valued at cost. The depreciation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 9.2. **Intangible fixed assets** The charity has intangible fixed assets, that is, non-monetary assets that do not have physical substance but are identifiable and are controlled by the charity through custody or legal rights. The amortisation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 9.5 They are valued at cost. **Heritage assets** The charity has heritage assets, that is, non-monetary assets with historic, artistic, scientific, technological, geophysical or environmental qualities that are held and maintained principally for their contribution to knowledge and culture. The depreciation rates and methods used as disclosed in note 9.6.1.4. They are valued at cost. **Investments** Fixed asset investments in quoted shares, traded bonds and similar investments are valued at initially at cost and subsequently at fair value (their market value) at the year end. The same treatment is applied to unlisted investments unless fair value cannot be measured reliably in which case it is measured at cost less impairment. Investments held for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash equivalents with a maturity date of less than 1 year are treated as current asset investments **Stocks and work in** Stocks held for sale as part of non-charitable trade are measured at the lower or cost or net **progress** realisable value. Goods or services provided as part of a charitable activity are measured at net realisable value based on the service potential provided by items of stock. Work in progress is valued at cost less any foreseeable loss that is likely to occur on the contract. Debtors (including trade debtors and loans receivable) are measured on initial recognition at **Debtors** settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the charity. Subsequently, they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be received.
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The charity has has investments which it holds for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash Yes No N/a
Current asset equivalents with a maturity date less than one year. These include cash on deposit and cash
investments equivalents with a maturity date of less than one year held for investment purposes rather than to
meet short term cash commitments as they fall due.
Yes No N/a
They are valued at fair value except where they qualify as basic financial instruments.
POLICIES ADOPTED
ADDITIONAL TO OR
DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE ABOVE
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 3 Analysis of income**
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Restricted
Unrestricted income Endowment
funds funds funds Total funds Prior year
Analysis £ £
Donations General Donations 3,754 18,029 - 21,783 38,126
and legacies: Corporate Sponsorship & Donations 4,500 253,450 257,950
Gift Aid 528 - - 528 3,836
Legacies - - - - -
General grants provided by government/other
charities - 191,624 - 191,624 30,147
Membership subscriptions and sponsorships
which are in substance donations
5,487 - - 5,487 4,584
Donated goods, facilities and services - - - -
Other - - - - 1,612
Total 14,269 463,103 - 477,372 78,305
Charitable
activities: - - - - -
Publication Sales 17,077 50 - 17,127 8,063
Events Income 146 1,439 1,585
Speakers Fees 1,224 1,224 50
Other - - - - -
Total 18,447 1,489 - 19,936 8,113
Other trading
activities: - - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total - - - - -
Income from Interest income 2,642 - - 2,642 -
investments: Dividend income - - - - -
Rental and leasing income - - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total 2,642 - - 2,642 -
Separate - - - - -
material item - - - - -
of income: - - - - -
- - - - -
Total - - - - -
Other: Conversion of endowment funds into income
- - - - -
Gain on disposal of a tangible fixed asset held
for charity's own use - - - - -
Gain on disposal of a programme related
investment - - - - -
Royalties from the exploitation of intellectual
property rights - - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total - - - - -
TOTAL INCOME 35,358 464,592 - 499,950 86,418
Other information:
All income in the prior year was unrestricted except for:
(please provide description and amounts)
Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the
reporting period, please give the reason for the conversion.
Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the
prior period, please give the reason for the conversion.
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**Within the income items above the following items are material: (please disclose the nature, amount and any prior year amounts)**
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 6 Analysis of expenditure**
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This year Last year
Restricted
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Unrestricted income Endowment
Analysis funds income funds funds Total funds funds funds funds Total funds
Expenditure on raising funds: £ £
Incurred seeking donations - - - - - - - -
Incurred seeking legacies
- - - - - - - -
Incurred seeking grants
- - - - -
Operating membership schemes and
social lotteries
- - - - -
Staging fundraising events
- - - - -
Fudraising agents
- - - - -
Operating charity shops
- - - - -
Operating a trading company
undertaking non-charitable trading
activity - - - - -
Advertising, marketing, direct mail and
publicity 807 - - 807 - - - -
Start up costs incurred in generating
new source of future income
- - - - - - - -
Database development costs - - - - - - - -
Other trading activities - - - - -
Investment management costs: - - - - -
Portfolio management costs - - - - - - - -
Cost of obtaining investment advice
- - - - - - - -
Investment administration costs
- - - - - - - -
Intellectual property licencing costs
- - - - - - - -
Rent collection, property repairs and
maintenance charges - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
Total expenditure on raising funds 807 - - 807 - - - -
Expenditure on charitable activities:
Cost of Sales 21,436 12,050 - 33,486 4,634 - - 4,634
Project Expenditure 1,225 51,795 53,020 16,790 16,790
Small Grant Scheme 500 - - 500 - - - -
Direct Expenses 721 - - 721 156 - - 156
General Expenses 284 - - 284 5,958 - - 5,958
Volunteer Expenses 1,986 107 2,093 1,867 1,867
Employee Expenses 227 713 941 -
Project Salaries - 25,356 25,356 6,711 6,711
Volunteer Training 224 - 224 -
Pensions Costs - 1,246 1,246 -
Total expenditure on charitable
activities 26,603 91,268 - 117,871 12,615 23,501 - 36,116
Separate material item of expense
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - -
Other
Postage, Freight and Courier 1,285 - - 1,285 - - - -
Audit & Accountancy Fees 198 - - 198 - - - -
Depreciation Expense - 70 - 70 - - - -
Insurance 556 4,860 - 5,416 195 - - 195
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Legal Expenses - 3,755 - 3,755 - - - -
Printing and Stationary 59 - - 59 - - - -
Telephone & Internet 18 1 - 19 - - - -
Room Hire - - - - 659 - - 659
Subscriptions 555 - - 555 417 - - 417
Total other expenditure 2,671 8,687 - 11,358 1,271 - - 1,271
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 30,081 99,955 - 130,036 13,886 23,501 - 37,387
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## **Other information:**
## **Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities**
|Activity 1
Activity 2
Other
**Total**
**Activity or programme**|**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**Grant**
**funding of**
**activities**
**Support**
**Costs**
**Total this**
**year**
**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**Grant**
**funding of**
**activities**
**Support**
**Costs**
**Total last**
**year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts**
## **Note 10 Details of certain items of expenditure**
## **10.1 Fees for examination of the accounts**
_**Please provide details of the amount paid for any statutory external scrutiny of accounts and other services provided by your independent examiner. If nothing was paid please enter '0' in the appropriate box(es).**_
|**Other fees (for example: financial advice, consultancy, accountancy services) paid**
**to the independent examiner**
**Independent examiner’s fees**
**Assurance services other than audit or independent examination**
**Tax advisory fees**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
**Note 11 Paid employees** _**Please complete this note if the charity has any employees.**_
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11.1 Staff Costs
This year Last year
£ £
Salaries and wages 25,356 6,711
Social security costs - -
Pension costs (defined contribution scheme) 1,246 -
Other employee benefits - -
Total staff costs 26,603 6,711
This year:
Please provide details of expenditure on staff working for the
charity whose contracts are with and are paid by a related party N/A
Last year:
Please provide details of expenditure on staff working for the
charity whose contracts are with and are paid by a related party N/A
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_**Please give details of the number of employees whose total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) fell within each band of £10,000 from £60,000 upwards. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided.**_
|**No employees received employee benefits (excluding employer**
**pension costs) for the reporting period of more than £60,000**
**£60,000 to £69,999**
**£70,000 to £79,999**
**£80,000 to £89,999**
**£90,000 to £99,999**
**£100,000 to £109,999**
**Band**
**Please provide the total amount paid to key management**
**personnel (includes trustees and senior management) for their**
**services to the charity. For specific amounts paid to trustees,**
**see Note 28.**|**This year**
**Last year**
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- -
- -
- -
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**Last year**
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**£**
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## **11.2 Average head count in the year**
**The parts of the charity in which the employees work**
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Number Number
Fundraising - -
Charitable Activities 1 -
Governance 1 1
Other - -
Total 2 1
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## **11.3 Ex-gratia payments to employees and others (excluding trustees)** _**Please complete if an ex-gratia payment is made.**_
**Please explain the nature of the payment**
**Please state the legal authority or reason for making the payment**
**This year Last year This year Last year**
|**Please state the amount of the payment (or value of any waiver**
**of a right to an asset)**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
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## **11.4 Redundancy payments**
## _**Please complete if any redundancy or termination payment is made in the period.**_
|**The nature of the payment (cash, asset**
**etc.)**
**Total amount of payment**
**Please state the accounting policy for any redundancy or**
**termination payments**
**The extent of redundancy funding at the balance sheet date**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -
**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -|
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
**Note 12 Defined contribution pension scheme or defined benefit scheme accounted for as a defined contribution scheme.**
## _**12.1 Please complete this note if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated.**_
|**Please explain the basis for allocating the liability and expense**
**of defined contribution pension scheme between activities and**
**between restricted and unrestricted funds.**
**Amount of contributions recognised in the SOFA as an expense**|**This year**
**£**
1,246
**All salaries are funded**
**by specific restricted**
**project grants.**|**Last year**
**£**
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_**12.2 Please complete this section where the charity participates in a defined benefit pension plan but is unable to ascertain its share of the underlying assets and liabilities.**_
**Please confirm that although the scheme is accounted for as a defined contribution plan, it is a defined benefit plan. Please provide such information as is available about the plan's surplus or deficit and the implications, if any, for the reporting charity for this year and last year, if different**
## _**12.3 Please complete this section where the charity participates in a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan that is accounted for as a defined contribution plan.**_
**Describe the extent to which the charity can be liable to the plan for other entities' obligations under the terms and conditions of the multi-employer plan. If this is different for last year, provide details Provide an explanation of how any liability arising from an agreement with a multi-employer plan to fund a deficit has been determined. If this is different for last year, provide details**
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 13 Grantmaking**
_**Please complete this note if the charity made any grants or donations which in aggregate form a material part of the charitable activities undertaken.**_
## **This year:**
## **13.1 Analysis of grants paid (included in cost of charitable activities)**
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Grants to
Analysis institutions Grants to individuals Support costs Total
£ £
Digitisation of S&DR footage - 500.00 - 500.00
Activity or project 2 - - - -
Activity or project 3 - - - -
Activity or project 4 - - - -
Total - 500 - 500
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_**Please enter “Nil” if the charity does not identify and/or allocate support costs.**_
## **13.2 Grants made to institutions**
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**_No_**
**_TOTAL GRANTS PAID_**
**Purpose**
**Names of institution**
**_My charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the_**
**_context of its grantmaking. Details of the institution supported, purpose of the_**
**_grant and total paid to each institution is available on the charity's web site._**
**_Other unanalysed grants_**
**_Total grants to institutions in reporting period_**|**_Please provide_**
**_details of charity's_**
**_URL._**
**_Provide details_**
**_below_**
**Total amount of**
**grants paid £**
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## **Last year:**
## **13.3 Analysis of grants paid (included in cost of charitable activities)**
|**Analysis**
Activity or project 1
Activity or project 2
Activity or project 3
Activity or project 4
**_Total_**|**Grants to**
**institutions**
**Grants to individuals**
**Support costs**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
- - -
**-**
- - -
**-**
- - -
**-**
- - -
**-**|
|---|---|
||**- - - -**|
_**Please enter “Nil” if the charity does not identify and/or allocate support costs.**_
## **13.4 Grants made to institutions**
|**_My charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the_**
**_context of its grantmaking. Details of the institution supported, purpose of the_**
**_grant and total paid to each institution is available on the charity's web site._**|**_Yes_**
**_Please provide_**
**_details of charity's_**
**_URL._**
**_No_**
**_Provide details_**
**_below_**|
|---|---|
|**_TOTAL GRANTS PAID_**
**Names of institution**
**Purpose**
**_Total grants to institutions in reporting period_**
**_Other unanalysed grants_**|**Total amount of**
**grants paid £**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||**-**|
||-
-|
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 14 Tangible fixed assets**
_**Please complete this note if the charity has any tangible fixed assets**_
## **14.1 Cost or valuation**
|**14.1 Cost or valuation**|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Freehold land**
**buildings**
**£**||**&**|**Other land &**
**buildings**
**£**|**Plant,**
**machinery**
**and motor**
**vehicles**
**£**|**Fixtures, fittings**
**and equipment**
**£**|**Total**
**£**|
|At the beginning of the year||||-|-|-|-|-|
|Additions|||285,000||-|-|4,623|289,623|
|Revaluations||||-|-|-|-|-|
|Disposals||||-|-|-|-|-|
|Transfers *||||-|-|-|-|-|
|At end of the year|||285,000||-|-|4,623|289,623|
|**14.2 Depreciation and impairments**|||||||||
||****Basis**|SL|||SL or RB|SL or RB|SL|SL or RB|
||**** Rate**|
2%|||||33%||
||||||||||
|At beginning of the year||||-|-|-|-|-|
|Disposals||||-|-|-|-|-|
|Depreciation||||-|-|-|70|70|
|Impairment||||-|-|-|-|-|
|Transfers*||||-|-|-|-|-|
|At end of the year||||-|-|-|70|70|
|**14.3 Net book value**|||||||||
|Net book value at the beginning of the|year|||-|-|-|-|-|
|Net book value at the end of the year|||285,000||-|-|4,552|289,552|
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## **14.4 Impairment**
|
**14.5 Revaluation**
**_the name of independent valuer, if applicable_**
**_the carrying amount that would have been recognised had the assets been_**
**_carried under the cost model._**
**_the methods applied and significant assumptions_**
**_This year: Please provide a description of the events and circumstances that_**
**_led to the recognition or reversal of an impairment loss._**
**_the effective date of the revaluation_**
**_Last year: Please provide a description of the events and circumstances that_**
**_led to the recognition or reversal of an impairment loss._**
**_If an accounting policy of revaluation is adopted, please provide:_**
**14.6 Other disclosures**
**_(iii) Details of the existence and carrying amounts of property, plant and_**
**_equipment to which the charity has restricted title or that are pledged as_**
**_security for liabilities._**
**_(i) Please state the amount of borrowing costs, if any, capitalised in the construction of_**
**_tangible fixed assets and the capitalisation rate used._**
**_(ii) Please provide the amount of contractual commitments for the acquisition of tangible_**
**_fixed assets._**|**This year**
**Last year**
- -
**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -
- -|
|---|---|
- _The "transfers" row is for movements between fixed asset categories._
_** Please indicate the method of depreciation by deleting the method not applicable (SL = straight line; RB = reducing balance). Also please indicate the rate of depreciation: for straight line, what is the anticipated life of the asset (in years); for reducing balance, what is the percentage annual deduction._
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 15 Intangible assets**
## _**Please complete this note if the charity has any intangible assets**_
## **15.1 Cost or valuation**
|||**Research &**
**development**
**£**|**Research &**
**development**
**£**|**Research &**
**development**
**£**|**Patents and**
**trademarks**
**£**|**Patents and**
**trademarks**
**£**|**Other**
**£**|**Total**
**£**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|At beginning of the year||||-||-|-|-||
|Additions||||-||-|-|-||
|Disposals||||-||-|-|-||
|Revaluations||||-||-|-|-||
|Transfers *||||-||-|-|-||
|At end of the year||||-||-|-|-||
|**15.2 Amortisation and impairments**||||||||||
||****Basis**|SL|or RB||SL or RB||SL or RB|SL or RB|Straight Line
("SL") or
Reducing
Balance
("RB")|
||**** Rate**|||||||||
|||||||||||
|At beginning of the year||||-||-|-|-||
|Disposals||||-||-|-|-||
|Amortisation||||-||-|-|-||
|Impairment||||-||-|-|-||
|Transfers*||||-||-|-|-||
|At end of year||||-||-|-|-||
|**15.3 Net book value**||||||||||
|Net book value at the beginning||||-||-|-|-||
|of the year||||||||||
|Net book value at the end of the||||-||-|-|-||
|year||||||||||
## **15.4 Accounting policy**
_**Please disclose the accounting policy for intangible fixed assets including: Reasons for choosing amortisation rates**_
_**Policies for the recognition of any capital development**_
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## **15.5 Impairment**
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This year:
Please provide a description of the events and
circumstances that led to the recognition or reversal of an
impairment loss.
Last year:
Please provide a description of the events and
circumstances that led to the recognition or reversal of an
impairment loss.
15.6 Revaluation
If an accounting policy of revaluation is adopted, please provide:
This year Last year
the effective date of the revaluation
the name of independent valuer, if applicable
the methods applied
the carrying amount that would have been recognised had
the assets been carried under the cost model.
15.7 Other disclosures
(i) If your intangible asset was acquired by way of grant,
provide value on initial recognition and carrying amount of
the asset.
(ii) Details of the carrying amounts of any intangible
assets to which the charity has restricted title or that are
pledged as security for liabilities.
(iii) Please provide the amount of contractual
commitments for the acquisition of intangible assets.
(iv) State the amount of research and development
expenditure recognised as expenditure in the year.
(v) Please detail the headings in the SOFA in which a
charge for amortisation of intangible assets is included.
(vi) For any material intangible assets, please provide a
description, its carrying amount and any remaining
amortisation period.
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- _The "transfers" row is for movements between fixed asset categories._
_** Please indicate the method of depreciation by deleting the method not applicable (SL = straight line; RB = reducing balance). Also please indicate the rate of depreciation: for straight line, what is the anticipated life of the asset (in years); for reducing balance, what is the percentage annual deduction._
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 16 Heritage assets** _**Please complete this note if the charity has heritage assets**_
## **16.1 General disclosures for all charities holding heritage assets**
|||**This year**||**Last year**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**(i) Explain the nature and scale of**||**The Charity has purchased historic**
**station signage for Heighington Station**||||
|**heritage assets held.**||**to enhance the display and interpretation**
**of the building**||||
|**(ii) Explain the policy for the**||**The charity acquires heritage assets only**
**when they support its charitable aims**
**and have clear, ethical provenance. All**
**assets are preserved through appropriate**
**conservation, secure storage, and**||||
|**acquisition, preservation,**||**regular monitoring. Management follows**||||
|**management and disposal of**|**heritage**|**recognised standards to ensure accurate**||||
|**assets.**||**records, responsible use, and public**
**benefit. Disposal is rare and undertaken**
**transparently, prioritising transfer to**
**suitable custodians who can ensure**
**continued care and access.**||||
|**16.2 Cost or valuation**||||||
|||**Heighington**
**Station Totem**
**Sign**
**Heritage asset**
**2**
**Heritage asset**
**3**
**£**
**£**
**£**|
**Heritage asset**
**4**
**£**|
**Total**
**£**||
|At beginning of the year||- - -|-|-||
|Additions||2,950 - -|-|2,950||
|Disposals||- - -|-|-||
|Revaluations||- - -|-|-||
|Transfers *||- - -|-|-||
|At end of the year||2,950 - -|-|2,950||
|**16.3 Depreciation and impairments**||||||
||****Basis**|SL|||Straight Line
("SL") or
Reducing
Balance|
||**** Rate**|
0%||||
|||||||
|At beginning of the year||- - -|-|-||
|Disposals||- - -|-|-||
|Depreciation||- - -|-|-||
|Impairment||- - -|-|-||
|Transfers*||- - -|-|-||
|At end of year||- - -|-|-||
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## **16.4 Net book value**
Net book value at the beginning of the - - - - - year Net book value at the end of the year 2,950 - - - 2,950
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## **16.5 Impairment**
**This year** _**Please provide a description of the events and circumstances that led to the recognition or reversal of an impairment loss.**_ **Last year** _**Please provide a description of the events and circumstances that led to the recognition or reversal of an impairment loss.**_
## **16.6 Revaluation**
_**If an accounting policy of revaluation is adopted, please provide:**_
_**the effective date of the revaluation the name of independent valuer, if applicable qualifications of independent valuer the methods applied and significant assumptions any significant limitations on the valuation**_
**This year Last year**
## **16.7 Analysis of heritage assets by class or group distinguishing those at cost and those at valuation**
|Carrying amount at the beginning of the
period
Additions
Disposals
Depreciation/impairment
Revaluation
Carrying amount at the end of period|**At valuation**
**Group A**
**At cost Group**
**B**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -|
|---|---|
||- - -|
## **16.8 Heritage assets (where heritage assets are not recoignised on the balance sheet)**
|**(i) Explain the reason why heritage**
**assets have not been recognised on**
**the balance sheet.**
**(ii) Describe the significance and**
**nature of heritage assets.**
**(iii) Disclose information that is**
**helpful in assessing the value of**
**heritage assets.**
**(iv) Explain the reason why it is not**
**practicable to obtain a valuation of**
**heritage assets.**|**This year**
**Last year**|
|---|---|
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**16.9 Five year summary of heritage assets transactions**
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2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
£ £ £ £ £
Purchases
Group A - - - - -
Group B - - - - -
Group C -
Other -
Donations
Group A - - - - -
Group B - - - - -
Group C - - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total additions - - - - -
Charge for impairment
Group A - - - - -
Group B - - - - -
Group C - - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total charge for impairment - - - - -
Disposals
Group A - carrying amount - - - - -
Group B - carrying amount - - - - -
Group C - - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total disposals - - - - -
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 20 Creditors and accruals**
_**Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals.**_
## **20.1 Analysis of creditors**
|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
**Accruals for grants payable**
- -
**Bank loans and overdrafts**
- -
**Trade creditors**
510 215
**Payments received on account for contracts or**
**performance-related grants**
- -
**Accruals and deferred income**
- -
**Taxation and social security**
- -
**Other creditors**
- -
**Total**
510
215
**20.2 Deferred income**
**_Please explain the reasons why income is deferred._**
**_Movement in deferred income account_**
**Balance at the start of the reporting period**
**Amounts added in current period**
**Amounts released to income from previous periods**
**Amounts falling due within**
**one year**
**Balance at the end of the reporting period**
**_Please complete this note if the charity has deferred income._**
**This year**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -
- -
510 215
- -
- -
- -
- -
**Amounts falling due within**
**one year**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
**Amounts falling due after**
**more than one year**|
|---|---|---|
||510
215|
- -|
|||**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -
- -
- -
**Last year**|
|||- -|
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 22 Other disclosures for debtors, creditors and other basic financial instruments**
|**22.1 Please provide information about the significance of**
**financial instruments (eg. debtors, creditors, investments**
**etc) to the charity's financial position or performance, for**
**example, the terms and conditions of loans or the use of**
**hedging to manage financial risk.**
**22.2 If the charity has provided financial assets as a form of**
**security, the carrying amount of the financial assets pledged**
**as security and the terms and conitions related to its pledge**
**should be given here.**|
**_N/A_**
**_N/A_**
**_N/A_**
**This year**
**Last year**
**_N/A_**|
|---|---|
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 20 Creditors and accruals**
_**Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals.**_
## **20.1 Analysis of creditors**
|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
**Accruals for grants payable**
- -
**Bank loans and overdrafts**
- -
**Trade creditors**
510 215
**Payments received on account for contracts or**
**performance-related grants**
- -
**Accruals and deferred income**
- -
**Taxation and social security**
- -
**Other creditors**
- -
**Total**
510
215
**20.2 Deferred income**
**_Please explain the reasons why income is deferred._**
**_Movement in deferred income account_**
**Balance at the start of the reporting period**
**Amounts added in current period**
**Amounts released to income from previous periods**
**Amounts falling due within**
**one year**
**Balance at the end of the reporting period**
**_Please complete this note if the charity has deferred income._**
**This year**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -
- -
510 215
- -
- -
- -
- -
**Amounts falling due within**
**one year**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
**Amounts falling due after**
**more than one year**|
|---|---|---|
|||
- -|
|||**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
- -
- -
- -
**Last year**|
|||- -|
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
|**Note 24 Cash at bank and in hand**
**Other**
**Cash at bank and on hand**
**Total**
**Short term cash investments (less than 3 months maturity date)**
**Short term deposits**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
-
165,571
84,914
-
-|
|---|---|
||165,571
84,914|
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 28 Transactions with trustees and related parties**
_**If the charity has any transactions with related parties (other than the trustee expenses explained in guidance notes) details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “True” in the box or "False" if there are transactions to report.**_
## **28.1 Trustee remuneration and benefits**
## **This year**
**None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity (True or False)**
**FALSE**
_**In the period the charity has paid trustees remuneration and benefits. Please give the amount of, and legal authority for, any remuneration or other benefits paid to a trustee by the charity or any institution or company connected with it.**_
|**Governing document**
**Niall Hammond & Caroline Hardie**
**Name of trustee**
**Legal authority (eg**
**order, governing**
**document)**|**Remuneration**
**Pension**
**contribution**
**Redundancy**
**(including**
**loss of**
**office)/ex**
**gratia**
**Other**
**TOTAL**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
6,435 - - -**6,435**
- - - -
**-**
- - - -
**-**
- - - -
**-**
**Amounts paid or benefit value**|
|---|---|
_**Please give details of why remuneration or other employment benefits were paid.**_
**Archaeoenvironment Ltd. a company owned by Niall Hammond & Caroline Hardie were paid £6435 for the research, design and development of guided walk booklets.**
_**Where an ex gratia payment has been made to a trustee, provide an explanation of the nature of the payment.**_
## **Last year**
**None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity (True or False)**
_**In the period the charity has paid trustees remuneration and benefits. Please give the amount of, and legal authority for, any remuneration or other benefits paid to a trustee by the charity or any institution or company connected with it.**_
|**Governing document**
**_Please give details of why remuneration or other_**
**_employment benefits were paid._**
**_Where an ex gratia payment has been made to a trustee,_**
**_provide an explanation of the nature of the payment._**
**Niall Hammond & Caroline Hardie**
**Legal authority (eg**
**order, governing**
**document)**
**Name of trustee**|**Remuneration**
**Pension**
**contribution**
**Redundancy**
**(including**
**loss of**
**office)/ex**
**gratia**
**Other**
**TOTAL**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
201 - - -**201**
- - - -
**-**
- - - -
**-**
- - - -
**-**
**The Stockton & Darlington Railway company owned by Niall Hammond & Caroline**
**Hardie were paid £201.08 for products for sale to raise funds.**
**Amounts paid or benefit value**|
|---|---|
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## **28.2 Trustees' expenses**
_**If the charity has paid trustees expenses for fulfilling their duties, details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “True” in the box below. If there are transactions to report, please enter "False".**_
**No trustee expenses have been incurred (True or False)**
**----- Start of picture text -----**
This year Last year
Type of expenses reimbursed
£ £
Travel - -
Subsistence - -
Accommodation - -
Other (please specify): - -
- -
TOTAL - -
**----- End of picture text -----**
**Please provide the number of trustees reimbursed for expenses or who had expenses paid by the charity**
## **28.3 Transaction(s) with related parties**
_**Please give details of any transaction undertaken by (or on behalf of) the charity in which a related party has a material interest, including where funds have been held as agent for related parties. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided.**_
## **This year**
**There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False)**
|**Name of the trustee**
**or related party**
**Relationship**
**to charity**
**Description of the**
**transaction(s)**
**_In relation to the transactions above, please provide the_**
**_terms and conditions, including any security and the nature_**
**_of any payment (consideration) to be provided in_**
**_settlement._**|**Amount**
**Balance at**
**period end**
**Amounts**
**written off**
**during**
**reporting**
**period**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Provision for bad**
**debts at period end**|
|---|---|
_**For any related party, please provide details of any guarantees given or received.**_
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## **Last year**
**There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False)**
|**Name of the trustee**
**or related party**
**Relationship**
**to charity**
**Description of the**
**transaction(s)**
**_In relation to the transactions above, please provide the_**
**_terms and conditions, including any security and the nature_**
**_of any payment (consideration) to be provided in_**
**_settlement._**|**Amount**
**Balance at**
**period end**
**Amounts**
**written off**
**during**
**reporting**
**period**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Provision for bad**
**debts at period end**
**£**|
|---|---|
_**For any related party, please provide details of any guarantees given or received.**_
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INDEPENDE.NT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE FRIENDS OF THE
STOCKTON & DARLINGTON RAILWAY
I report on the accounts of the Charity. giS(ratIon no. 1177252. The Friend5 Of The
Sio¢kt()n & Darlingion Railway. (FS&DR) for ihe year ended 26th September 2025
¥hi¢h are as sei out on the enclosed pages.
Re%pectiN'e Responsibilities of FSDR Trustees and Examiner
The FqDR members are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The members
consider ihai an audit is not required for ihis year under seciion 144(2) of the ChariliL'S
Act 201 I Iihe ?0 I l Acil and that an independenl examinalion is needed.
li is my responsibilitj. io:
exdm ine ihe accounis under Section 145 of Ihe 201 l Acl
lo follo1¥ the procedure5 laid dow'n in the gyeneral Directions given by ihe Charity
Commission under seciion 145{5){b) of the 201 l Act; and
lo slate Ih¢¢her particular mailers have come 10 my attention.
B98is of Independent Ex9miner's Report
M). exam iliaiion il'as carried oui in accordance with the general Directions given by the
L'lin4 Iri)m j'ou as niembers concerning any such matters. The procedures
Iindcnak'L'ii do nol prowide dll ihe evidence thai would be required in an audii and
L()nsL'qLILnil} n(1 opinic)n is as io h¢Iher ihe accounts present a "true and fair view, and
Ihwreporl is lim lied io ihose matlers sel out in ihe stsi¢m¢nl below.
In(li'pendent F.xaminer's Statement
In connection wilh my examination. no matter has come to my attention:
l } Which gives me reasonable cause to believe ihal in any material respect the
requiremeni5'.
lo kL'ep aLeounling records in accordance with scction 130 of ihe 201 l Act;
io pr¢pare accoLinis ii.hich accord i%"iih the accounting records and comply with the
acLouniing requirements of ihe ?0 I l Act
have noi been mel.. or
?} to iihich. in my opinion. aitenlion should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understhndi
g ofthe.
counts to be reached.
TJ Har
CTA
an
7 Elvet Waierside
Durham DH13DA
24 July 2025