CCEW Charity Commission profile

BOWERS 957 TRUST

Registered charity 1061954 · organisation 3937011

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
19 April 1997
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income
£5,700
Latest expenditure
£6,720
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: Bowers 957 Trust, Railway Station, Station Road,Haworth, KEIGHLEY, West Yorkshire, BD22 8NJ

02 Activities

What the charity does

We own Lancashire & Yorkshire railway locomotive 957 - The 'Green Dragon' in the 1970 film 'The Railway Children' which is in regular use on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference
AR26
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received
5 September 2026
Total Gross Income
£5,700
Total Gross Expenditure
£6,720
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received
26 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£6,300
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,619
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received
22 September 2024
Total Gross Income
£7,500
Total Gross Expenditure
£3,945
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received
2 January 2024
Total Gross Income
£2,715
Total Gross Expenditure
£3,635
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received
19 November 2022
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£3,153

04 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Bradford City
Parent Geographic Area Type
Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description
West Yorkshire
Welsh Ind
No

05 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
304
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Human Resources
Classification Code
309
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Classification Code
310
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Other Charitable Activities
Classification Code
206
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Defined Groups
Classification Code
112
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Environment/conservation/heritage
Classification Code
205
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Classification Code
201
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Children/young People

06 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
BOWERS 957 TRUST
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1997-04-19T00:00:00

07 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 23 NOVEMBER 1996
Charitable Objects
TO RESTORE, MAINTAIN, USE AND PRESERVE THE ARTEFACTS COMPRISING THE TRUST PROPERTY AND TO UTILISE AND TO DISPLAY THEM ON THE UNDERTAKING KNOWN AS "THE KEIGHLEY & WORTH VALLEY RAILWAY" AND IN THAT REGARD TO USE THE TRUST PROPERTY TO PROMOTE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORIC, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE TRUST PROPERTY WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE AGE OF THE ARTEFACTS AND THEIR HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
Area Of Benefit
NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id
378134
Charity Name Type
Working name
Charity Name
BOWERS TRUST
Charity Name Id
378122
Charity Name Type
Working name
Charity Name
957 TRUST

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Volunteer management
Policy Name
Complaints handling