Charity Details

Scottish Railway Preservation Society

SC002375Registered charity from 22 May 1974

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Charity Information:

Address 17-19 North Street
Bo'ness

Postcode EH51 0AQ

Website www.srps.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

To advance and promote the education of the general public, and in particular the inhabitants of Scotland without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions by associating voluntary organisations, local authorities and other bodiesof whatever status together with the inhabitants in a common effort to establish a Museum of Railways in Scotland.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

Our charity is set up to promote the education of railways in Scotland and of the Scottish railway industry. We do this by an established Museum of Railways in Scotland in which we manage, conserve, safeguard and document a vast collection of railway items. We display and exhibit items from this collection to the public in either a static way, or by operating them or by carrying the public in them. We can do this over our own five mile long heritage railway line at Bo'ness .

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 22 May 1974

Main Operating Location: Falkirk

Number of Staff: 18

Number of Volunteers: over 250

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"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021	£2,225,678	£1,150,595	26 Jul 2022	Yes
31 Dec 2022	£1,468,670	£1,357,850	30 Jun 2023	Yes
31 Dec 2023	£1,666,934	£1,682,784	08 Oct 2024	Yes
31 Dec 2024	£1,880,989	£2,377,404	24 Dec 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Dec 2025			No	Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

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