01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 5 March 2018
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £90,267
- Latest expenditure
- £88,933
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 16 Whitborn Close, MALVERN, Worcestershire, WR14 2SP
Website recorded by the regulator: www.irsociety.co.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The publication of books, magazines and newsletters on all aspects of industrial railways and locomotives.The provision of a comprehensive archive consisting of books, drawings, photographs, maps etc covering all aspects of industrial railways and locomotives.Visits to industrial railway sites.The dissemination of historical information about industrial railways and locomotives
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
- 1 July 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 1 July 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £90,267
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £88,933
- 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
- 31 July 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £124,988
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £97,802
- 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
- 19 September 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £85,582
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £85,605
- 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
- 9 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £49,026
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £74,109
- 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
- 26 May 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £84,067
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £79,310
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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
- 1 July 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £90,267
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £88,933
- 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
- 10
- 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
- 31 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £124,988
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £97,802
- 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
- 20
- 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
- 19 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £85,582
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £85,605
- 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
- 20
- 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
- 9 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £49,026
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £74,109
- 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
- 20
- 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
- 26 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £84,067
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £79,310
- 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
- 75
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- INDUSTRIAL RAILWAY SOCIETY
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2018-03-05T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 05 Mar 2018
- Charitable Objects
- TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS AND LOCOMOTIVES PAST AND PRESENT. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT THE CIO MAY DO ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: (I) PROMOTE ENCOURAGE AND CO-ORDINATE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS AND LOCOMOTIVES PAST AND PRESENT. (II)INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS AND LOCOMOTIVES THROUGH PUBLICATIONS PROMOTIONS EXHIBITIONS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ITS ARCHIVE.
09 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures