CCEW Charity Commission profile

LEISTON WORKS RAILWAY TRUST

Registered charity 1149897 · organisation 5026016

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
26 November 2012
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 July 2025 – 30 June 2026
Latest income
£4,620
Latest expenditure
£9,489
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: 4 Felix Road, Stowupland, STOWMARKET, Suffolk, IP14 4DD

Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.leistonworksrailway.onesuffolk.net/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Trust will advance the public education about the old railway line of the Garrett engineering works in Leiston by restoring and preserving part of line and running railway vehicles drawn by horses or locomotives, including the historic steam shunting locomotive "Sirapite". The trust will have open days providing demonstrations, activities and written, graphic and oral information.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 July 2025
Fin Period End Date
30 June 2026
Ar Cycle Reference
AR26
Reporting Due Date
30 April 2027
Date Annual Return Received
31 August 2026
Total Gross Income
£4,620
Total Gross Expenditure
£9,489
Fin Period Start Date
1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date
30 June 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
30 April 2026
Date Annual Return Received
24 December 2025
Total Gross Income
£6,448
Total Gross Expenditure
£12,340
Fin Period Start Date
1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date
30 June 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
30 April 2025
Date Annual Return Received
6 January 2025
Total Gross Income
£6,251
Total Gross Expenditure
£8,141
Fin Period Start Date
1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date
30 June 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
30 April 2024
Date Annual Return Received
3 June 2024
Total Gross Income
£13,770
Total Gross Expenditure
£9,558
Fin Period Start Date
1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date
30 June 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
30 April 2023
Date Annual Return Received
24 February 2023
Total Gross Income
£13,634
Total Gross Expenditure
£9,044

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date
30 June 2023
Ar Due Date
30 April 2024
Ar Received Date
3 June 2024
Total Gross Income
£13,770
Total Gross Expenditure
£9,558
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£750
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
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
15
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date
30 June 2022
Ar Due Date
30 April 2023
Ar Received Date
24 February 2023
Total Gross Income
£13,634
Total Gross Expenditure
£9,044
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
12

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Suffolk
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
109
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Classification Code
116
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Recreation
Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
305
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Classification Code
112
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Environment/conservation/heritage

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
LEISTON WORKS RAILWAY TRUST
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
2012-11-26T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28 SEP 2011AS AMENDED ON 20/11/2012
Charitable Objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF THE HISTORIC RAILWAY LINE WHICH WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY RICHARD GARRETT ENGINEERING LIMITED AND ITS PREDECESSOR COMPANIES AT ITS WORKS IN THE TOWN OF LEISTON IN SUFFOLK, IN PARTICULAR BY:(I) THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF PART OF THE RAILWAY LINE,(II) THE RUNNING ALONG IT OF RAILWAY VEHICLES DRAWN BY HORSES OR LOCOMOTIVES INCLUDING THE HISTORIC STEAM SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVE "SIRAPITE" WHICH WAS USED ON THE RAILWAY IN THE EARLIER PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN RESTORED TO WORKING ORDER AT THE NEIGHBOURING LONG SHOP MUSEUM OF THE LONG SHOP PROJECT TRUST(III) THE PROVISION OF WRITTEN, GRAPHIC AND ORAL INFORMATION FOR VISITORS OR THOSE ATTENDING PRESENTATIONS HELD FOR THAT PURPOSE.

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id
519200
Charity Name Type
Working name
Charity Name
LEISTON WORKS RAILWAY

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Risk management
Policy Name
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Policy Name
Conflicting interests