OSCR Scottish charity profile

New Build Locomotive Scotland (NBLS)

Known as Ben Alder Project

ActiveCharity number SC049595
Registered11 September 2019
Main locationSouth Lanarkshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC049595
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
0 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
ML11 7BN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To raise funds for the completion of a Highland Railway locomotive, scrapped in 1960s just after being marked for heritage preservation. The locomotive would then be 'hired' by heritage railways around the UK to raise awareness of the skills and techniques necessary for the building of the locomotive, as well as increasing the skill pool by training additional personnel on the correct procedures in firing and driving a steam locomotive. Additional skill training would be available for training personnel on the maintenance and upkeep of the locomotive - all highly essential to preserve rapidly dwindling skills and talents due to the demographic of those trained in the skills necessary for building, using, and maintaining said locomotive.

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 organisation's purposes are: 4.1 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science through the reconstruction of a classic late Victorian Steam Locomotive of the Highland Railway Company, working with Scottish and UK based companies to ensure the continuation of traditional construction and heritage industries within Scotland. 4.2 To advance education through highlighting the work required to build a working steam engine, to improve the public?s understanding of the various techniques employed by Victorian engineers in the construction. while also showing how modern systems have improved the processes from design, to finish product. This can also be used to show the social impact of these changes. how safety and the removal on hazardous materials have improved conditions for those working on these machines.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2024£555£008 September 2025
30 September 2023£1,156£008 September 2025
30 September 2022£2,646£560023 October 2022
30 September 2021£4,464£120015 August 2022
30 September 2020£2,249£595015 August 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
25 Kenilworth Road, Lanark, South Lanarkshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.benaldernewbuild.com
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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