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2024-12-31-accounts

APPENDIX 1

Scottish Charity Regulator Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From To 01 01 2024 31 12 2024 ~~|~~

Reference and administration details

Charity name Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust incorporating Ferryhill Men's Shed Other names charity is known by Registered charity number SC 040039

Charity’s principal address Polmuir Avenue Aberdeen

Postcode AB11 7WH

Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report

Name of person Dates acted if Trustee name Office (if any) (or body) entitled to not for whole year appoint trustee (if any) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ~~|~~ 14 ~~|~~ 15 ~~|~~ 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20

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APPENDIX 1 Reference and administration details

Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period)

Name Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Structure, governance and management
Type of governing document
Trustee recruitment and appointment
Written Constitution
Appointed by membership
Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes
Summary of the main activities
in relation to these objects
To advance knowledge and education in railway transport heritage
for the public’s benefit by restoring the Ferryhill Engine Shed,
Railway Turntable and to provide a heritage centre. For the
advancement of heritage and educational purposes, to store, display
and demonstrate railway heritage artefacts; and to incorporate a
Men’s Shed.
The Trust was formed in 2007 with the support of Aberdeen City Council to take over responsibility for

the remaining Listed buildings and Structures which form part of the former Ferryhill Motive Power Depot
which operated between 1850-1998. These consisted of the former Engine Shed, Listed Grade “B” by
Historic Environment Scotland, the Ransomes and Rapier Railway Turntable, Listed Grade “A” and the
remaining associated structures and sidings including the unique coaling bank. As a Heritage Centre
open to the public, our main purpose is preserving the history of the railway and providing a venue where
people of all ages can come, currently on four days per week, to learn about the history of railways in the
UK and the North East of Scotland and to contribute by volunteering to undertake a variety of
preservation tasks. We provide an environment where people of all ages and abilities can join, exchange
comradeship and skills, and have an input to the development of the Heritage Centre as well as
facilitating those who would prefer to focus on individual skills including joinery, metal working and
restoration/conservation work.

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APPENDIX 1

Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of
the charity during the financial period		 Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust incorporating Ferryhill Men’s Shed
Report on 2024 activities
Following the highlights of 2023, this year was something of a “Curate’s egg” – good in
parts.
On the positive side, towards the end of 2023 we completed our fundraising efforts for the
“offices” project, allowing us to let the contract for rebuilding, and work began at the
beginning of 2024.
On the other hand, we had limited train visits and no use of the turntable, partly because
Tornado (A1 Steam Locomotive Trust) was still not fully operational.
We completed the final concrete pour on the east side of the engine shed, giving us
continuous rail down that entire side of the building and allowing us to move the GNSR
passenger brake coach into the shed where it will be much easier to work on its restoration.
In April, we were visited by the Great Britain 16 tour which was double-headed by two black
five locomotives. While they were travelling south from Inverness, and so did not need to
make use of the turntable, they did take on coal and water while with us.
In September we achieved a “first” when we provided secure overnight stabling for the
entire Northern Belle train prior to it taking passengers north the next day. We just
managed to get the two Class 57 diesel locomotives and the full range of carriages onto site
between the turntable and the mainline gates.
By late autumn, the rebuilding of the office block comprising a room for our museum, a
joinery workshop and a small plant / storage room in the base of the original water tower
with a 50,000 litre water tank installed on the roof, was effectively finished. By the end of
the year we had moved benches and tools into the workshop, further enhancing our Men’s
Shed offering, and had relocated some of our more fragile artefacts into the museum where
we continue to work on raising funds to fully fit this out. The Railway Heritage Trust, one of
our main funders for the project, presented a plaque to recognise our work on these historic
buildings and this has been mounted by the main entrance to the museum.
We again participated in Aberdeen’s Doors Open days and had a very successful two days
welcoming hundreds of visitors.
The major disappointment has been the lack of visiting steam excursions resulting in the
turntable not being needed at all this year. This brings with it a significant impact on our
general fund-raising efforts. To help combat this we have upped our efforts in reaching out
to the local community and visitors to the area, aimed at attracting more visitors and
volunteers. We have had a number of visiting groups including camera clubs, university
classes and schools adding to the general mix of visitors we welcome across the year.
In September, Museums Galleries Scotland accepted us onto their “working towards
accreditation” programme. This is important in moving us towards full museum
accreditation and we will build on this as we add to our collection of artefacts.
As ever, our Members and visitors have supported us generously both in cash and in kind
(e.g. donations of tools and equipment) and our Volunteers have worked tirelessly on
maintenance, asset restoration, track laying and “getting the word out there” about us.
Our Community Liaison and Administration colleague has worked harder than most in
ensuring we forge deeper links with the local community so as many people as possible
know what we can offer to both visitors and volunteers, and also keeps close control of all
the necessary paperwork.
Sincere thanks to all those many people who support the Trust.

Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy
on reserves
Details of any deficit
Donated facilities and services (if any)
None
None

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APPENDIX 1 Other optional information Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the truslees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's t￿￿tee9 Signaturels} OSCR will accept dlgltal or typed slgnatures Full namel51 Position {e.g. Chair) Date 2810912025

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APPENDIX 2

Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust

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Receipts and payments accounts

Period start date Period start date Period start date Period start date Period start date Period end date Period end date Period end date Period end date Period end date
For the period
from		 Day
01		 Month
January		 Year
2024		 to Day
31		 Month
December		 Year
2024
Section A Statement of receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Expendable
endowment
funds		 Permanent
endowment
funds		 Total funds
current period		 Total funds last
period
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations 7,212 - - - 7 7 7,212 212 5,364
Legacies - - - - - - - - -
Grants - 168,167 168 168 168,167 167 110,834
Receipts from fundraisingactivities 2,065 - - - 2 2 2,065 065 2,750
Gross tradingreceipts 2,713 - - - 2 2 2,713 713 9,889
Income from investments other than
land and buildings - - - - - - - - -
Rents from land & buildings - - - - - - - - -
Gross receipts from other charitable
activities 309 3 3 3,680 3 3 3,989 989 11,097
VAT 48,432 48 48 48,432 432 16,629
A1 Sub total A1 Sub total 60,731 171,847 - - - - - - 232,578 232,578 232,578 232,578 156,563
A2 Receipts from asset &
investment sales
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets
Proceeds from sale of investments
A2 Sub total -
Total receipts 60,731
~~—~~		 -
171,847		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-
-
232,578		 -
-
-
232,578		 -
-
-
232,578		 -
-
-
232,578		 -
156,563
A3 Payments
Expenses for fundraising activities 435 - - - 435 435 435 435 609
Gross trading payments - - - - - - - - 887
Investment management costs - - - - - - - - -
Payments relating directly to charitable Payments relating directly to charitable
activities 13,401 270,167 283 283 283,568 568 59,598
Grants and donations
- - - - - - - - -
Governance costs: 4,903 - - - 4 4 4,903 903 -
Audit / independent examination - - - - - - - - -
Preparation of annual accounts - - - - - - - - -
Legal costs - - - - - - - - -
Other 4,111 - - - 4 4 4,111 111 5,384
VAT 48,880 - - - 48,880 48,880 48,880 48,880 11,762
**A3 Sub total ** 71,730 270,167 - - - - - - 341,897 341,897 341,897 341,897 78,241
A4 Payments relating to asset and
investment movements
Purchases of fixed assets
1,200
1,200
13,729
Purchase of investments
-
-
-
A4 Sub total 1,200
-
-
-
1,200
13,729
Total payments 72,930
270,167
-
-
343,097
91,970
~~————————~~
Net receipts / (payments)
A5 Transfers to / (from) funds
Surplus / (deficit) for year		 12,199)
(
98,320)
(
-
-
110,519)
(
64,593
-
12,199)
(
98,320)
(
-
-
110,519)
(
64,593
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APPENDIX 3

Independent examiner’s report on the accounts

Independent examiner’s report on the accounts’s report on the accountss report on the accounts
Independent examiner’s report on the accounts’s report on the accountss report on the accounts
V2
Report to the Charity name
trustees/members of Ferryhill RailwayHeritage Trust incorporatingFerryhill Men's Shed
Registered charity
number		 SC
040039
On the accounts of the Period start date
Period end date
charity for the period Day
Month
Year
Day
Month
Year
to
01
01
2024
31
12
2024
Set out on pages (remember to include the page
numbers of additional sheets)
Respective
responsibilities of
trustees and examiner		 The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance
with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the
Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees
consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations
does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section
44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent
examiner’s statement		 My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts
Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the
charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes
consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks
explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken
do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do
not express an audit opinion on the viewgiven bythe accounts.
Independent examiner’s
statement		 In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that
disclosed on the attached page*]
1.
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirements:
•
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and
Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
•
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with
Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
have not been met, or
2.
to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:**
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address:

*Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page.

**OSCR will accept digital or typed signatures.

APPENDIX 3 Disclosure section Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlvJht material problems. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose

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APPENDIX 2

Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust

Sc040039

Receipts and payments accounts

Period start date Period start date Period start date Period start date Period start date Period end date Period end date Period end date Period end date Period end date
For the period
from		 Day
01		 Month
January		 Year
2024		 to Day
31		 Month
December		 Year
2024
Section A Statement of receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Expendable
endowment
funds		 Permanent
endowment
funds		 Total funds
current period		 Total funds last
period
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations 7,212 - - - 7 7 7,212 212 5,364
Legacies - - - - - - - - -
Grants - 168,167 168 168 168,167 167 110,834
Receipts from fundraisingactivities 2,065 - - - 2 2 2,065 065 2,750
Gross tradingreceipts 2,713 - - - 2 2 2,713 713 9,889
Income from investments other than
land and buildings - - - - - - - - -
Rents from land & buildings - - - - - - - - -
Gross receipts from other charitable
activities 309 3 3 3,680 3 3 3,989 989 11,097
VAT 48,432 48 48 48,432 432 16,629
A1 Sub total A1 Sub total 60,731 171,847 - - - - - - 232,578 232,578 232,578 232,578 156,563
A2 Receipts from asset &
investment sales
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets
Proceeds from sale of investments
A2 Sub total -
Total receipts 60,731
~~—~~		 -
171,847		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-
-
232,578		 -
-
-
232,578		 -
-
-
232,578		 -
-
-
232,578		 -
156,563
A3 Payments
Expenses for fundraising activities 435 - - - 435 435 435 435 609
Gross trading payments - - - - - - - - 887
Investment management costs - - - - - - - - -
Payments relating directly to charitable Payments relating directly to charitable
activities 13,401 270,167 283 283 283,568 568 59,598
Grants and donations
- - - - - - - - -
Governance costs: 4,903 - - - 4 4 4,903 903 -
Audit / independent examination - - - - - - - - -
Preparation of annual accounts - - - - - - - - -
Legal costs - - - - - - - - -
Other 4,111 - - - 4 4 4,111 111 5,384
VAT 48,880 - - - 48,880 48,880 48,880 48,880 11,762
**A3 Sub total ** 71,730 270,167 - - - - - - 341,897 341,897 341,897 341,897 78,241
A4 Payments relating to asset and
investment movements
Purchases of fixed assets
1,200
1,200
13,729
Purchase of investments
-
-
-
A4 Sub total 1,200
-
-
-
1,200
13,729
Total payments 72,930
270,167
-
-
343,097
91,970
~~————————~~
Net receipts / (payments)
A5 Transfers to / (from) funds
Surplus / (deficit) for year		 12,199)
(
98,320)
(
-
-
110,519)
(
64,593
-
12,199)
(
98,320)
(
-
-
110,519)
(
64,593
~~——————~~