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English Welsh and Scottish Railway Educational Trust Fund

SC040334Registered charity from 18 February 2009
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address c/o UNW LLP
Citygate, St. James' Boulevard
St. James' Boulevard
Newcastle upon Tyne
01560596010
Postcode NE1 4JE
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
For the advancement of education by advancing academic excellence, creative and artistic development, and such other educational and vocational opportunities as the Trustees may consider appropriate within the foregoing purposes, for the bona fide employees (which term shall include executive directors) and former employees (not being resident in the Island of Jersey) of English Welsh & Scottish Railways Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries from time to times, the respective families of such employees and former employees and the respective families of workers in the United Kingdom rail freight sector generally
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Trust makes several types of awards to eligible candidates. These awards usually take the form of: A discretionary grant to individuals who are seeking to pursue a qualification in higher education, usually paid over a number of years and subject to evidence of their continued study. A discretionary grant for people who have a particular sporting or artistic talent, this type of award is intended to help them realise their ambitions and full potential. A discretionary grant awarded through the Special Access Funding can help applicants with support such as with specialist equipment or technical support for those needing an extra helping hand in allowing them to achieve their optimum potential in life. The key qualification for all applicants is that they must provide evidence that they have a close family member who works or who previously worked within the UK rail freight industry. Close family members are defined as being a parent, step-parent, grandparent, spouse, partner
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 18 Feb 2009
Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £264,988 £612,501 22 Nov 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £285,992 £603,514 13 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £268,945 £567,131 27 Nov 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £340,297 £729,782 02 Dec 2025 Yes Download
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 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:
First Name Last Name
Keith Louis Heller
David Allen
Paul Bates
Christopher James Tingle
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