OSCR Scottish charity profile

Great North of Scotland Railway Association

Known as GNSRA

ActiveCharity number SC050156
Registered13 May 2020
Main locationAberdeenshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC050156
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB32 6UZ

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The Great North of Scotland Railway Association (GNSRA) was created to facilitate the study, acquisition and preservation of information, documents, illustrations and artefacts relating to the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) and successor organisations and other transport matters in North-East Scotland. It aims to foster the collation and dissemination of information and material so obtained and assist other private, public and professional organisations which have aims and interests similar to those of the Association by organising meetings, lectures, exhibitions, tours, and visits for the members and the general public in furtherance of these aims. The Association regularly publishes books and articles relating to the Great North of Scotland Railway and successor organisations and other transport matters in North-East Scotland.

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

4 The organisation's purposes are to promote the advancement of the Arts, Heritage, Culture and Science and to promote Education by: 4.1 the study, acquisition and preservation of information, documents, illustrations and artefacts relating to the Great North of Scotland Railway and successor organisations and other transport matters in North East Scotland. 4.2 facilitating and co-ordinating research by members into the history of the Railway. 4.3 fostering the collation and dissemination of information and material so obtained. 4.4 assisting other private, public and professional organisations which have aims and interests similar to those of the Association. 4.5 organising meetings, lectures, exhibitions, tours, and visits for the members and the general public in furtherance of the above. 4.6 publishing books and articles relating to the Great North of Scotland Railway and successor organisations and other transport matters in North East Scotland. 4.7 Issuing donations or grants not exceeding £500 to organisations with similar or parallel purposes to the organisation, at the discretion of the board, to a total annual value not exceeding £1000. 4.8 The preservation of books, photographs and images, artefacts and ephemera pertaining to railways and transport in north-east Scotland.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 May 2025£20,640£17,982014 September 2025
31 May 2024£17,443£13,583017 September 2024
31 May 2023£18,480£14,099013 September 2023
31 May 2022£17,755£19,861012 September 2022
31 May 2021£36,145£13,086016 September 2021

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
32, Leslie Crescent, , WESTHILL, , Aberdeenshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.gnsra.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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