GWR 813 Preservation Fund

Registered charity 1196114 CIO Registered since 2021

Operates: Devon, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, South Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Somerset

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

4.4y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.9y

average years in governance

8 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience

Arts and leisure 2Business services 1Construction 1

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Contact

Website	GWR813.org
Email	info@GWR813.org
Phone	01454417749
Address	23 HATCHMERE, THORNBURY, BRISTOL, BS35 2EU

Finances

£30,753 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2022	£36,524	£32,324
2023	£26,721	£29,072
2024	£30,753	£21,963

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

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Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE :-TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, DISPLAY AND OPERATION OF FORMER GWR (GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY) 0-6-0 SADDLE TANK LOCOMOTIVE NO. 813 (EX PORT TALBOT RAILWAY NO. 26), AS WELL AS OTHER LOCOMOTIVES, SELECTED ITEMS OF GOODS, PASSENGER AND OTHER ROLLING STOCK OF GWR ORIGIN OR DESIGN (INCLUDING VEHICLES OF ‘ABSORBED’ STOCK) AND ARTEFACTS OR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, WHICH ARE OF HISTORIC OR TECHNICAL INTEREST, AND TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY, OPERATIONS AND TECHNICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE ITEMS AND TO PUBLICISE OR OTHERWISE DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS OBJECTS THE C.I.O. WILL :-(A) ARRANGE FOR ITS LOCOMOTIVES AND OTHER STOCK TO BE ACCOMMODATED, DISPLAYED AND OPERATEDFOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT SUITABLE HERITAGE RAILWAYS, MUSEUMS AND SIMILAR SITES ;(B) SEEK MEMBERSHIP OF OR AFFILIATION TO ORGANISATIONS OFFERING GUIDANCE OR SUPPORT SERVICESSUCH AS THE HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 11 Oct 2021

Trustees (9)

9trustees

65median age

1aged 70+

Succession outlook: 1 of 9 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Patrick Goss Chair since 2021
Graham Edward Phillips since 2021
Mark Christopher James Goss since 2021
Mark Edward Smithage 65 since 2021
Michael Edward John Yarkerage 76 since 2025
Michael Werrell since 2022
Nicholas Jeremy Peter Baxter since 2021
Oliver Christopher Holmes since 2021
Paul David Redfernage 65 since 2021

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