01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 28 November 2019
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 02023981
- Financial period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Latest income
- £5,223,118
- Latest expenditure
- £5,623,128
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY, BOLTON STREET STATION, BOLTON STREET, BURY, BL9 0EY
Website recorded by the regulator: www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
To preserve, restore and operate the railway lines, together with such lands and buildings adjacent thereto in Greater Manchester and Lancashire and in particular the East Lancashire Railway line, for the advancement of technical, historical and general education and for the permanent preservation, of steam and other railway locomotives, rolling stock, road vehicles, equipment and relics.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- 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 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £5,223,118
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,623,128
- 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
- 30 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £5,538,367
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,914,221
- 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
- 27 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,130,263
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,245,761
- 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
- 31 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £4,572,583
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,018,557
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 October 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 October 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £3,268,964
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,895,099
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- 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 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £5,223,118
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,623,128
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £171,789
- 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
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 750
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- 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
- 30 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £5,538,367
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,914,221
- 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
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 782
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- 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
- 27 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,130,263
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,245,761
- 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
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 812
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- 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
- 31 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £4,572,583
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,018,557
- 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
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £15
- Income From Government Grants
- £391,202
- 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
- 777
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 31 October 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £3,268,964
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,895,099
- 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
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £12
- Income From Government Grants
- £548,189
- 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
- 758
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- 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 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 272689
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 38770
- Income Investments
- 1137
- Income Other
- 4910522
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5223118
- Income Legacies
- 2000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £4,612,986
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £894,253
- Expenditure Other
- 115889
- Expenditure Total
- 5623128
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 174498
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 14260
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 84243
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4869601
- Assets Own Use
- 4869600
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -8366
- Assets Other Assets
- £473,466
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £4,706,557
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £628,144
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1358136
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 3348421
- Assets Cash
- £220,032
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 469113
- Funds Restricted
- 159031
- Funds Total
- 628144
- Count Employees
- 62
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- 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
- 30 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 263471
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 34530
- Income Investments
- 2445
- Income Other
- 5237921
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5538367
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £4,784,025
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,011,991
- Expenditure Other
- 118205
- Expenditure Total
- 5914221
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 70577
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 9988
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 246187
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4829274
- Assets Own Use
- 4829273
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -7728
- Assets Other Assets
- £774,601
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £4,567,995
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,028,152
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1113336
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 3454659
- Assets Cash
- £472,772
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 870268
- Funds Restricted
- 157884
- Funds Total
- 1028152
- Count Employees
- 64
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- 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
- 27 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 361423
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 46369
- Income Investments
- 805
- Income Other
- 4721666
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5130263
- Income Legacies
- 6000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £4,365,222
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £765,176
- Expenditure Other
- 115363
- Expenditure Total
- 5245761
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 331920
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 13194
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 233630
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4832027
- Assets Own Use
- 4832026
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,218,520
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £4,646,540
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,404,007
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1086072
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 3560468
- Assets Cash
- £781,406
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1230831
- Funds Restricted
- 173176
- Funds Total
- 1404007
- Count Employees
- 64
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- 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
- 31 October 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 956617
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 11600
- Income Investments
- 16
- Income Other
- 3604350
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4572583
- Income Legacies
- 66483
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £2,785,535
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,091,412
- Expenditure Other
- 141610
- Expenditure Total
- 4018557
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 187888
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 17934
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 220808
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4719343
- Assets Own Use
- 4719342
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -3740
- Assets Other Assets
- £880,288
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £4,070,775
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,525,116
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 355308
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 3715467
- Assets Cash
- £802,333
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1344925
- Funds Restricted
- 180191
- Funds Total
- 1525116
- Count Employees
- 58
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 31 October 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2260493
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 29600
- Income Investments
- 22
- Income Other
- 978849
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3268964
- Income Legacies
- 51000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £1,881,598
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,008,031
- Expenditure Other
- 5470
- Expenditure Total
- 2895099
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 229080
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 212485
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4914676
- Assets Own Use
- 4914676
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £963,784
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £4,912,979
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £965,481
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1351715
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 3561264
- Assets Cash
- £250,105
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 776152
- Funds Restricted
- 189329
- Funds Total
- 965481
- Count Employees
- 60
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bury
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater Manchester
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Lancashire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Rochdale
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater Manchester
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 116
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Recreation
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- EAST LANCASHIRE LIGHT RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2019-11-28T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 DEC 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 NOV 2019AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25 NOV 2019
- Charitable Objects
- THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND OPERATION OF THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY BY:A) THE ACQUISITION, RESTORATION, PRESERVATION AND OPERATION OF HERITAGE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, STATION BUILDINGS, TRACK BETWEEN RAWTENSTALL AND HEYWOOD AND OTHER ASSOCIATED HERITAGE INFRASTRUCTURE; ANDB) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM.
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Paying staff