Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 1[st] April 2024 To 31[st] March 2025
Charity name: Roger Hibbert Locomotive Collection CIO
Charity registration number: 1187656
Objectives and Activities
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | To preserve, restore and run steam locomotives in particular these 3 locomotives: LMS 3F ‘Jinty’ Tank Locomotive. BR No. 47406, LMS No. 16489, built in 1926 by Vulcan Foundry. Works No. 3977. “Austerity” 0-6-0 Saddle Tank Locomotive Built in 1943 by Hudswell Clarke. Works No. 1752, currently in the guise of BR Class J94 No 68067. 0-6-0 Side Tank Locomotive Built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns in 1951. Works No. 7684. |
| 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 |
Jinty spent part of the year on display in Mounsorrel Railway Museum awaiting the renewal of its 10 year steaming certificate, from where it moved to LMS Services Ltd for its 10 year overhaul. Austerity was out on hire at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway until the end of December when it returned to the Great Central Railway. RSH under full restoration. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 |
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SORP reference |
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| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | N/A |
| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | N/A |
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | Some repair work on our locomotives is carried out by volunteers. When the locomotives are in use they are operated by volunteers. |
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| Other |
Achievements and Performance
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| 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 | We ensure that the locomotives are maintained, repaired and displayed as appropriate for maintaining them in a condition to be of benefit to the public. |
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Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 |
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| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | Balance carried forward at 31/03/24 £110,108 Assets as at 31/03/24 282,000.00 |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | Reserves held to cover emergency repairs, e.g. enough money to cover the cost of replacing all the tubes in the boiler of a locomotive. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | £20,000 |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 |
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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 |
All funding for the maintenance, repair and running of the locomotives comes from the hiring out of the locomotives to other heritage railways which allows the public to see and have the chance to travel behind a working steam locomotive. |
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| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | The potential risk faced by all heritage railways with a possible ban on the burning of coal. |
| Other |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | Constitution |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | CIO |
| 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 | By recommendation of the existing trustees with regard to the suitability and balance of the group. |
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Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Roger Hibbert Locomotive Collection CIO |
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| Other name the charity uses | |
| Registered charity number | 1187656 |
| Charity’s principal address | 6 Shipley Rise, Carlton Nottingham NG4 1BN |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Alan Freebury | Chairman | |||
| Marion Allen | Treasurer/Secretary | |||
| David Wright | EngineeringOfficer | |||
| Andrew Martyn GeoffreyAshworth |
Trustee | |||
| Roger Hibbert | Trustee | |||
| AnthonyFrench | Trustee | |||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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| adviser |
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Other optional information
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Marion Allen Signature(s) Alan Freebury Marion Allen Full name(s) Alan Freebury Position (eg Secretary, Chairman Hon. Treasurer/Secretary Chair, etc) Date 17.01.2026
ROGER HIBBERT LOCOMOTIVE COLLECTION CIO
INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31[ST] MARCH 2025
£
| Income Donatons Interest Received Total Income Less Repair Costs RSH Lubricator Gross Loss Computer Expenses Subscriptons Insurance Postage Accountancy Net Loss for the Year |
25,000 470 2,012 _ 27,482 _ 31,716 1000 |
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| 32,716 | |
| (5,234) | |
| 177 158 4,685 8 110 |
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| 5,138 | |
| (10,372) |
ROGER HIBBERT LOCOMOTIVE COLLECTION CIO
CHARITY TRUST NUMBER 1187656
Balance sheet
Fixed Assets
Current Assets
| Current Account Current Liabilites VAT Accruals Net Current Assets/Liabilites Balance Brought Forward Net Proft/Loss for the year |
2025 £ 110,708 |
2025 £ 110,708 |
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| 110,708 | |||
| 490 110 600 392,108 402,480 |
490 110 600 392,108 |
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| (10,372) 392,108 |
Examiner's unqualified report (for a non-company charity preparing receipts and payment5 accounts) with a gross income of £250,000 or less in the relevant financial year. Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Roger Hibbert Locomotive Collection CIO I report to the trustees on my examinatr'on of the accounts of the Gowrie Locomotive Trust for the year ended 31 March 2025 Responsibilities and basis of report. As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the Act'l. I report in respert of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sectr.on 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examiner's ststement I have completed my examinatr'on. I conlirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting record5 were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by sect'on 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report to enable 3 proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed-. Name.. Shirley Barnett MAAT Addres5'. Avalon Accountancy Dishley Grange Loughborough Leics LEII SSF Date.. 19, December 2025