HAMPTON & KEMPTON WATERWORKS RAILWAY LIMITED — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 4 May 2016
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 08428299
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £52,823
Latest expenditure: £44,625
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Little Danes, The Street, BETCHWORTH, Surrey, RH3 7DJ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Restoration of historic railway

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: 13 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 13 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £52,823
Total Gross Expenditure: £44,625

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: 30 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 30 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £76,719
Total Gross Expenditure: £73,853

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: 2 September 2024
Date Accounts Received: 2 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £48,125
Total Gross Expenditure: £58,277

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: 20 September 2023
Date Accounts Received: 20 September 2023
Total Gross Income: £54,271
Total Gross Expenditure: £51,709

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: 10 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 10 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £44,395
Total Gross Expenditure: £29,070

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: 13 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £52,823
Total Gross Expenditure: £44,625
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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: 45

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: 30 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £76,719
Total Gross Expenditure: £73,853
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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: 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: 2 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £48,125
Total Gross Expenditure: £58,277
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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: 50

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: 20 September 2023
Total Gross Income: £54,271
Total Gross Expenditure: £51,709
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: 50

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: 10 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £44,395
Total Gross Expenditure: £29,070
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: 35

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Richmond Upon Thames
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Hounslow
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

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

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

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: HAMPTON & KEMPTON WATERWORKS RAILWAY LIMITED
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2020-06-23T00:00:00
Reason: Does not operate
Assoc Organisation Number: 5067045
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1166251
Assoc Charity Name: HAMPSHIRE NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY TRUST

Charity Name: HAMPTON & KEMPTON WATERWORKS RAILWAY LIMITED
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2016-05-04T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04 MAR 2013NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22 APR 2016 as amended on 19 Aug 2024
Charitable Objects: 4 The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following: For the public benefit to restore, maintain and operate part of our industrial heritage, the Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway, in order to - (1) Advance the education of the public about the engineering achievement and legacy of the water industry serving London and the use of dedicated rail transport to serve that industry. (2) To reconstruct and operate, as a public amenity, on the original trackbed where possible, the former narrow-gauge railway linking the preserved Kempton Park pumping engines and the River Thames at Hampton. (3) To construct a branch of the narrow-gauge railway to the mainline station at Kempton Park thus providing an environmentally friendly public transport link to a wide area of West London and beyond. (4) Provide educational and training facilities to – (a) Those engaged in the restoration and operation of the railway (b) Young persons learning early 20th century engineering skills (c) School children and others studying our industrial heritage (5) Provide environmentally friendly access to ecologically sensitive nature reserves through currently inaccessible Green Belt land.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 561274
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: KEMPTON STEAM RAILWAY

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures