ROTHER VALLEY RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 17 September 2001
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £523,834
Latest expenditure: £454,886
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Rother Valley Railway, Station Road, ROBERTSBRIDGE, TN32 5DG

Website recorded by the regulator: http://www.rvr.org.uk/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

RVRHT makes grants towards the reconstruction of the historic trackbed and structures on Col Stephens' Light Railway between Robertsbridge and Bodiam in Sussex

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 29 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 29 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £523,834
Total Gross Expenditure: £454,886

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 29 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 29 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,258,676
Total Gross Expenditure: £184,997

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 22 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 22 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,172,759
Total Gross Expenditure: £160,466

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 18 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 18 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £29,160
Total Gross Expenditure: £146,316

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 28 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 28 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £939,943
Total Gross Expenditure: £128,307

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 29 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £523,834
Total Gross Expenditure: £454,886
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 40

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 29 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,258,676
Total Gross Expenditure: £184,997
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 40

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 22 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,172,759
Total Gross Expenditure: £160,466
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 30

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 18 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £29,160
Total Gross Expenditure: £146,316
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 30

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £939,943
Total Gross Expenditure: £128,307
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 30

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 29 October 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 412781
Income Other Trading Activities: 41948
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 69105
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 523834
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £28,219
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £426,667
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 454886
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 21000
Expenditure Support Costs: 41469
Expenditure Depreciation: 229633
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,969,434
Assets Total Fixed: 6844417
Assets Own Use: 6800806
Assets Long Term Investment: 43611
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,370,797
Assets Total Liabilities: £26,375
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £9,188,839
Creditors One Year Total Current: 26375
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £2,294,074
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 8814083
Funds Restricted: 374756
Funds Total: 9188839
Count Employees: 0
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 29 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 2205476
Income Other Trading Activities: 2008
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 51192
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2258676
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £184,997
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 184997
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 7920
Expenditure Support Costs: 38304
Expenditure Depreciation: 127234
Gain Loss Investment: -421
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £3,189,756
Assets Total Fixed: 5638874
Assets Own Use: 5575619
Assets Long Term Investment: 63255
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,490,438
Assets Total Liabilities: £9,421
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £9,119,891
Creditors One Year Total Current: 9421
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £3,443,764
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 8838691
Funds Restricted: 281200
Funds Total: 9119891
Count Employees: 0
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 22 October 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 2162842
Income Other Trading Activities: 2501
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 7416
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2172759
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £160,466
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 160466
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 6384
Expenditure Support Costs: 42461
Expenditure Depreciation: 105216
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £2,187,639
Assets Total Fixed: 4771891
Assets Own Use: 4758641
Assets Long Term Investment: 13250
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,283,990
Assets Total Liabilities: £9,248
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £7,046,633
Creditors One Year Total Current: 9248
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £2,057,357
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 6946281
Funds Restricted: 100352
Funds Total: 7046633
Count Employees: 0
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 932460
Income Other Trading Activities: 7440
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 43
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 939943
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £128,307
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 128307
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 5700
Expenditure Support Costs: 18152
Expenditure Depreciation: 100014
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £5,044,906
Assets Total Fixed: 4390524
Assets Own Use: 4388524
Assets Long Term Investment: 2000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £770,405
Assets Total Liabilities: £9,433
Assets Current Investment: 407269
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £5,151,496
Creditors One Year Total Current: 9433
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £363,136
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 5044906
Funds Restricted: 106590
Funds Total: 5151496
Count Employees: 0
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Kent
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: East Sussex
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: ROTHER VALLEY RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2001-09-17T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: DECLARATION OF TRUST MADE 17 JANUARY, 2001. as amended on 28 Jul 2025
Charitable Objects: (1) To preserve for the benefit of Kent and East Sussex and of the Nation, the historical architectural and constructional heritage that may exist in around Kent and East Sussex in buildings (including any buildings as defined in section 336 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) or structures of particular beauty or historical architectural or constructional interest; and/or(2) To preserve for the public benefit, and to advance the education of the public in, railway lines, equipment and buildings, and their heritage, in particular, but not exclusively, by:a. building, restoring, maintaining, managing and operating railway lines;b. building, maintaining, managing and operating museums connected with railways;c. building, restoring, maintaining, managing and operating buildings, facilities and other structures or arrangements required for the operation of railways;d. delivering educational workshops, talks and materials to the public; e. restoring and managing rolling stock, carriages and artefacts connected with railways
Area Of Benefit: KENT AND EAST SUSSEX.

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

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Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

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Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

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