OSCR Scottish charity profile

Caledonian Railway Association

ActiveCharity number SC014554
Registered10 February 1987
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formUnincorporated association

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC014554
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
EH12 6NH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We exist to promote education around the Caledonian Railway which we do through our quarterly journal, talks and presentations which as well as direct attendees are broadcast by webinar and recordings saved for future reference, maintaining an archive of documents and images of Caledonian Railway materials and and by supporting publication of reference works about the Railway.

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 carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Association shall - (i) promote the study, acquisition and preservation of information, documents, illustrations and artefacts relating to the Caledonian Railway, and its constituent and successor companies. (ii) facilitate and co-ordinate research by members into the history of the Railway. (iii) foster the collation and dissemination of information and material so obtained. (iv) assist other private, public and professional organisations which have aims and interests similar to those of the Association.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£00Not supplied
31 December 2024£26,280£20,708029 September 2025
31 December 2023£25,811£26,247030 September 2024
31 December 2022£19,703£16,309018 September 2023
31 December 2021£20,787£11,83707 September 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
75 Belgrave Road, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.crassoc.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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