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Caledonian Railway 828 Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC004741
Status
Active
Registered
June 16, 1966
Legal form
Unincorporated association

Address

Address
13 Whitehill Avenue
Stepps
Glasgow
G33 6BL

Activities

'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

The purpose is to maintain the locomotive, which was built at St Rollox Works, Springburn, Glasgow in 1899 in working order. The locomotive is in working order and traditional skills are passed on to younger people during maintenance. Given the costs of maintaining the locomotive (annual inspection and a major overhaul every 10 years), the Trust requires to raise considerable sums of money.

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: (a) To act as the legal owner of Caledonian Railway locomotive No.828, or any other locomotive which the Trust may acquire. (b) To lend permanently, or otherwise the said locomotive, or locomotives, to any properly constituted museum authority in Great Britain, or elsewhere, for public exhibition or use for educational purposes. (c) To solicit and raise funds in any way that may be considered expedient, but always and only with the purpose of restoring the said locomotive, or locomotives, to exhibition condition and of maintaining it, or them, thus from time to time. (d) To restore the locomotive, or locomotives, to working condition for use on special excursion trains, or similar purposes, if thought expedient or desirable (e) To undertake any other activities consistent with the foregoing objects.

Geography

Main operating location
Highland
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2025 £26,237 £265
Dec. 31, 2024 £37,160 £239
Dec. 31, 2023 £718 £100
Dec. 31, 2022 £21,347 £96
Dec. 31, 2021 £21,824 £858
Dec. 31, 2020 £13,624 £9,792