Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: -4

MID-SUFFOLK LIGHT RAILWAY COMPANY

To advance the education of the public with regard to a history of Suffolk and the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway in particular by maintenance of a museum and by restoring and operating a demonstration railway, operations, equipment and engineering crafts.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/09/23	£127	£159	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/22	£131	£94	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/21	£131	£94	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/20	£88	£89	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/19	£125	£177	£-53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/18	£192	£97	£96	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/17	£113	£102	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/16	£174	£159	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/15	£81	£70	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/14	£90	£76	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/13	£52	£72	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/12	£85	£83	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/11	£62	£48	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/10	£44	£39	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/09	£48	£51	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/08	£52	£51	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/07	£45	£44	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/06?	£47	£48	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	£47	£55	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	£43	£22	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 27 years

www.mslr.org.uk

secretary@mslr.org.uk

01473890622

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Museum, Brockford
£64,200	18/01/2016	People in the Restoration Shed: Opportunities for heritage restoration and social engagement in rural Suffolk

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 67-85

CHRISTOPHER JAMES BADDELEY Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Retired

DAVID JOHN BATES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

DAVID MICHAEL CLAYTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

IAN MEIGH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

JOHN DAVID PRICE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

JOHN ELWIN HOLMES Appointed: 2007, Occupation: None

JOHN DOUGLAS REEVE Appointed: 2021

WAYNE STEVEN WICKS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Carpenter

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/07/1997, number: 1063635
Registered at Companies House on 02/09/1996, number: 03244631

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

Brockford Station
Wetheringsett
Stowmarket
IP14 5PW

Objectives

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK, AND THE MID-SUFFOLK LIGHT RAILWAY IN PARTICULAR BY COLLECTING, PRESERVING, INTERPRETING AND DOCUMENTING MATERIAL EVIDENCE AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION BY THE MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM FOR ITEMS OF HISTORIC RAILWAY INTEREST, AND BY THE RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF A DEMONSTRATION RAILWAY AND THE DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION OF RAILWAY EQUIPMENT, OPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING CRAFTS AND IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING OBJECTIVE THE COMPANY WILL BE VESTED WITH THE POWERS OF OPERATION OF THE MID-SUFFOLK LIGHT RAILWAY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUFFOLK

Data Sources

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