01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 5 February 2008
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 02007483
- Financial period
- 1 February 2025 – 31 January 2026
- Latest income
- £0
- Latest expenditure
- £0
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: DIDCOT RAILWAY CENTRE, DIDCOT, OXFORDSHIRE, OX11 7NJ
02 Activities
What the charity does
Preservation of historic railway rolling stock
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 November 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 8 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 November 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 November 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 9 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 November 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 13 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 November 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
04 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Oxfordshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
05 Official extract
Charity Classification
- 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
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Classification Code
- 304
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Human Resources
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
06 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- GREAT WESTERN PRESERVATIONS LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2008-02-05T00:00:00
07 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 SEPTEMBER 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 JAN 2008.
- Charitable Objects
- 3. THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ("THE OBJECTS ") ARE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:-A) THE ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE FORMER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF SUCH LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AS MAY BE OR MAY HAVE BEEN PRESERVED BY THE CHARITY OR GREAT WESTERN SOCIETY LIMITED AND THE CARING FOR ANY OTHER LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK R OTHER EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY AD RELICS OF HISTORICAL OPERATIONAL AND GENERAL INTEREST AND HISTORICAL VALUE WHICH MAY BELONG TO MEMBERS OF THE CHARITY OR GREAT WESTERN SOCIETY LIMITED OR TO ANY OTHER PERSONS AND THE MAKING AVAILABLE FOR DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND ITEMS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE CHARITYB) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A LIBRARY AND A COLLECTION OF MODELS, DESIGNS, DRAWINGS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHARITY AND RAILWAYS IN GENERAL WHICH SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY THE PUBLIC AT REASONABLE TIMES.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: LOCALLY IN THE DIDCOT AREA OF OXFORDSHIRE.