01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC004741
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G33 6BL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The purpose is to maintain the locomotive, which was built at St Rollox Works, Springburn, Glasgow in 1899 in working order. The locomotive is in working order and traditional skills are passed on to younger people during maintenance. Given the costs of maintaining the locomotive (annual inspection and a major overhaul every 10 years), the Trust requires to raise considerable sums of money.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) To act as the legal owner of Caledonian Railway locomotive No.828, or any other locomotive which the Trust may acquire. (b) To lend permanently, or otherwise the said locomotive, or locomotives, to any properly constituted museum authority in Great Britain, or elsewhere, for public exhibition or use for educational purposes. (c) To solicit and raise funds in any way that may be considered expedient, but always and only with the purpose of restoring the said locomotive, or locomotives, to exhibition condition and of maintaining it, or them, thus from time to time. (d) To restore the locomotive, or locomotives, to working condition for use on special excursion trains, or similar purposes, if thought expedient or desirable (e) To undertake any other activities consistent with the foregoing objects.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £26,237 | £265 | 0 | 19 August 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £37,160 | £239 | 0 | 7 May 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £718 | £100 | 0 | 5 July 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £21,347 | £96 | 0 | 26 June 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £21,824 | £858 | 0 | 14 July 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 13 Whitehill Avenue , Stepps, Glasgow
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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