CHASEWATER LIGHT RAILWAY AND MUSEUM COMPANY — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 23 February 1987
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 02060988
Financial period: 1 March 2024 – 28 February 2025
Latest income: £517,590
Latest expenditure: £445,708
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Chasewater Railway, Chasewater Country Park, Pool Lane, Brownhills, WALSALL, WS8 7NL

Website recorded by the regulator: www.chasewaterrailway.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Heritage Steam Railway and museum (The Colliery Line). Preserving aspects of the local coal mining industry.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 23 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 7 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £517,590
Total Gross Expenditure: £445,708

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 29 December 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 7 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 3 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £444,315
Total Gross Expenditure: £384,128

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 23 November 2023
Date Accounts Received: 8 September 2023
Total Gross Income: £373,832
Total Gross Expenditure: £451,244

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 20 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 21 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £317,138
Total Gross Expenditure: £269,114

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2020
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2021
Date Annual Return Received: 5 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 9 August 2021
Total Gross Income: £231,000
Total Gross Expenditure: £209,992

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 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2025
Ar Received Date: 23 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £517,590
Total Gross Expenditure: £445,708
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Due Date: 29 December 2024
Ar Received Date: 7 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £444,315
Total Gross Expenditure: £384,128
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 70

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2023
Ar Received Date: 23 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £373,832
Total Gross Expenditure: £451,244
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2022
Ar Received Date: 20 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £317,138
Total Gross Expenditure: £269,114
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: 89

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2020
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2021
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2021
Ar Received Date: 5 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £231,000
Total Gross Expenditure: £209,992
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: £1
Income From Government Grants: £10,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 50

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2025
Ar Received Date: 23 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 14765
Income Other Trading Activities: 22014
Income Charitable Activities: 449849
Income Investments: 30962
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 517590
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £445,467
Expenditure Other: 241
Expenditure Total: 445708
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 45479
Expenditure Support Costs: 45479
Expenditure Depreciation: 10242
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 10500
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 2151186
Assets Own Use: 2151186
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £262,449
Assets Total Liabilities: £35,695
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,377,940
Creditors One Year Total Current: 35695
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £229,642
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2336016
Funds Restricted: 41924
Funds Total: 2377940
Count Employees: 19
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Walsall
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

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

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

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

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: CHASEWATER LIGHT RAILWAY AND MUSEUM COMPANY
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1987-02-23T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 OCTOBER 1986 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 22 NOVEMBER 1986, 21 FEBRUARY 1987, 08 NOVEMBER 2003 AND 6 MAY 2006
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE TO PROMOTE AND TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE RAILWAY AND GENERAL TRANSPORT HERITAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDUSTRIAL AND LIGHT RAILWAYS AND WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE WEST MIDLANDS AREA; BY THE CREATION AND OPERATION OF MUSEUMS OF ALL TYPES AND, IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, BY THE CREATION AND OPERATION OF RAILWAYS, TRAMWAYS, OR OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORT.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

10 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 236479
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: CHASEWATER RAILWAY

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures