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Charities associated with the SVR

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A number of charitable bodies support the SVR or individual projects or collections, and which are referred to in this Wiki.

==Charitable StatusCharities==

Structures registered with the '''Charity Commission''' can include a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), a charitable company or an unincorporated association or trust.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/charity-types-how-to-choose-a-structure The Charity Commission] (retrieved 5 January 2017)</ref>

 

A '''charitable Community Benefit Society''' (CBS) is a community benefit society with exclusively charitable purposes. A charitable community benefit society may not register as a charity with the Charity Commission, but instead must apply to HMRC to be recognised as an exempt charity for tax purposes<ref>[https://communityshares.org.uk/resources/handbook/charitable-community-benefit-societies Community Shares] (retrieved 10 September 2019)</ref>.

 

==Current charities==

{{As of|2021}} these are:

*[[1501 Pannier Tank Association]]

*[[4566 Group|The 4566 Preservation Group]]

*[[The 82045 Steam Locomotive Trust]]

*[[Great Western The Class 40 Preservation Society]] - locomotive [[BR Class 40 40106 Atlantic Conveyor|40106 ''Atlantic Conveyor'']] is on long-term hire to the SVR*[[The DMU Group (SVRWest Midlands) Assoc. | The ]]*[[Great Western (SVR) Association]]*[[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]*[[Kidderminster Railway Museum | The Kidderminster Railway MuseumTrust Limited]]

*[[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]]

*[[Stanier 8F Locomotive Society]]

*[[Trevithick 200]]

*[[Warwickshire Industrial Locomotive Preservation Group | The Warwickshire Industrial Locomotive Trust]]<ref>[https://wilt.jimdo.com/2-about-us/ , incorporating the previous The Warwickshire Industrial Locomotive Trust website] (retrieved 4 January 2017)</ref>

*[[Western Locomotive Association]]

*[[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] is a charitable Community Benefit Society

*[[The 4150 Fund]] is a Community Benefit Society.<ref>4150 Fund September 2019 Update</ref>

*[[The 2857 Society]] is a Charitable Community Benefit Society.<ref>[http://www.2857.org.uk/2857_about.html 2857 Fund website]</ref>

The Warwickshire Industrial Locomotive Trust does ==Charitable community benefit societies==A '''charitable community benefit society''' (CBS) has exclusively charitable purposes. It may not own register as a charity with the locomotiveCharity Commission, which is owned by the nonbut instead must apply to HMRC to be recognised as an exempt charity for tax purposes.<ref>[https://communityshares.org.uk/resources/handbook/charitable-community-benefit-charitable societies Community Shares] (retrieved 10 September 2019)</ref>  *[[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]]*[[The 4150 Fund]]*[[Warwickshire Industrial Locomotive Preservation GroupThe 2857 Society]].

==Ceased charities==

The [[Bridgnorth Footbridge Trust]] commissioned a new [[Bridgnorth#Footbridge_outside_Bridgnorth_Station|footbridge outside Bridgnorth station]]. The Trust, Charity number 701636, was registered on 1 June 1989 and removed from the register on 27 February 1998 when it ceased to exist.

 

The Warwickshire Industrial Locomotive Trust (registered charity number 1041723) was superseded by the Warwickshire Industrial Locomotive Preservation Trust (see above).

==The Ironbridge Railway Trust==

[[The Ironbridge Railway Trust]] was registered as charity no. 1129939 on 2 June 2009. It is independent from the SVR. Its charitable objects include to develop, construct, preserve, operate the railway between [[Buildwas]] and [[Bridgnorth]] via [[Ironbridge]], connecting to the existing Severn Valley Railway.<ref>[http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityFramework.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1129939&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Charity Commission] (retrieved 4 January 2017)</ref> Its website however proposes only a park and ride shuttle rail service from Buildwas to Ironbridge<ref>[http://www.ironbridge-railway-trust.org.uk/IRT-proposal/summary.html Ironbridge Railway Trust] (Retrieved 26 January 2010)</ref>. ==Organisations intending to move to charitable status==*[[Barry Railway Carriage Trust]] is "working towards the aim of becoming a Charity and have made several steps towards this goal."<ref>[http://www.barryrailwaycarriagetrust.org.uk/about_trust.html Barry Railway Carriage Trust website] (retrieved 5 January 2017)</ref>*{{As of|2021|1}} [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] intends to secure charitable status in the near future<ref>Baxter, Nick J.P., GWR 813 Preservation Fund Facebook page, 1 January 2021 (Retrieved 1 January 2021)</ref>.

==See also==

==Links==

*[http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/showcharity/registerofcharities/RegisterHomePage.aspx Charities Commission register search website]<br>Locomotive *[[2047 Warwickshire | 2047https://mutuals.fca.org.uk/ Mutuals Public Register]] - supported by The Warwickshire Industrial Locomotive Trust<br>Locomotive [[GWR Pannier 1501|1501]] - supported by 1501 Pannier Tank Association, for community benefit societies.

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