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[[File:SVR_Charitable_Trust_2022.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Charitable Trust's 10th anniversary logo]]The '''Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd ''' is a Registered Charity, Number 1092723, for one of the purpose of raising funds to support three main organisations which make up the SVRSevern Valley Railway. It is commonly referred to on a Registered Charity which supports the SVR as "the Charitable Trust", and was originally called the SVR Rolling Stock Trust. Its objectives are by raising funds to help fund restoration and maintenance projects, to help arrest the decline of heritage engineering skills and to safeguard the long-term future and operational capability of the Railway. 2022 marks the Charitable Trust's 10th anniversary.

==Support==*The Charitable Trust funds most is a membership body. Governance is through up to nine trustees, including ex officio the chairman (or their nominee) from each of the costs of Railway's other main organisations, [[SVR(H)|Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC]] ("SVR(H)") which owns the SVR’s Heritage Skills Training Academy infrastructure and team of apprentices.*Income from its endowment Future Fund will allow sustainable investment on operates the Railway in , and [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited]] ("the Guarantee Company") which is responsible for the years to comemembership and volunteers. Donations ==Origins and Objects===== SVR Rolling Stock Trust: 2001 to 2012 ===The Charitable Trust began as the Future Fund were matched'''SVR Rolling Stock Trust''' which, pound for poundas the name implies, by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of up was originally established to £500,000 which support the Railway's rolling stock. The ''SVR Rolling Stock Trust Company Limited'' was reached incorporated on 26 May 2017. It has aspirations to grow the Fund to £10 million17 December 2001 as a private company limited by guarantee, company number 04341280.As a charitable body, its Objects were:<ref>SVRLive Charitable Trust page, 26 April 2017Companies House</ref> "''To advance education for the benefit of the public by:''*A rolling stock fundraising ''the acquisition, restoration, preservation, operation maintenance and display of heritage railway locomotives, coaches, wagons and restoration project for [[GWR 17410 artefacts''*'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van | GWR Toad van 17410]] is now underwaythe provision of facilities for the education, training and certification of trainees in the practicalities, techniques and methods used in collaboration with the [[restoration, repair and operation of historic railways''" The LNER Carriage Group | LNER Carriage Group]]SVR Rolling Stock Trust operated in that form for more than 10 years.  ===Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust: 2012 onwards===On 29 June 2012 the Charitable Trust took on a wider remit as the SVR's general charitable trust, for which purpose it adopted its present name. {{As <ref>SVR News 178</ref> The current (2019) Articles of|2017|2}} donations have reached £4,000,Association state that:<ref>SVRLive 'GWR Toad van 17410' [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04341280/filing-history?page, 23 February 2017=1 Companies House]</ref> "''The Charity’s Objects are specifically restricted to the following'':*In May 2016''to advance education for the benefit of the public by the acquisition, restoration, the Trust secured a grant preservation and operation of £75heritage railway locomotives, carriages, wagons, station buildings,000 from track and other associated infrastructure''*''establishing buildings to house and preserve the Charity’s rolling stock collection''*''the Department provision of educational and interpretive displays for Transport towards a project which will transform the Railway’s facilities for disabled visitors by adapting a carriage to wheelchair use to complete travelling public and''*''the SVR’s fleet provision of accessible carriageseducation and skills training used in the restoration, repair and rebuilding a second carriage operation of historic railways to provide wheelchair-accessible dining facilities.ensure their long term survival''" *The Charitable Trust is supporting became the SVR's 'owner of last resort', "''...ensuring that various locomotives, coaches and wagons that have been lovingly restored over many years by SVR volunteers can remain at the SVR’s ambitious Bridgnorth Development ProjectRailway, in perpetuity. {{As the members of|2017|3}} donations have reached £30the many preservation groups inevitably age and their numbers dwindle,000items of rolling stock can be donated to the Charitable Trust,in order to be absolutely certain they will remain at the Railway for the long-term.''"<ref>SVRLive 'Bridgnorth development' page[https://www.svrlive.com/charitable-trust Statement from Director of Development, 23 February 2017November 2016 on SVR Live]</ref>*The Trust supports is a member of the diesel Heritage Trust Network, an umbrella organisation for built heritage preservation groups' appeal seeking to improve facilities at the [[Diesel Depot |Kidderminster Diesel Depot]] which opened and individuals formed in June 2016from the Association of Preservation Trusts (UK-APT). Members work to restore built heritage and bring historic buildings back into community use.<ref>[http://svrtrustwww.heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk/downloadour-members/get/dieselsevern-valley-railway-appealcharitable-leaflettrust/ www.heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk]</ref> ==Fundraising==June 2022 marked the 10th anniversary of the Charitable Trust. Over that period it has raised £8.74m for the Railway;<ref>Platform Issue 6</107ref> £6.html Diesel Leaflet54 million directly through the Trust and £2.2 million in emergency grants directly to the Railway.<ref>[https://www.svrtrust.org.uk/News Charitable Trust news page]</ref>  *The Trust receives funds from single donations and regular giving, grant making bodies, companies and groups and gifts in Wills. In its early years it appointed Compton Fundraising Consultants. It works with supporters subsequently moved to ensure their wishes are kept when they decide a staff and volunteer-based model. It has sought to leave develop large scale fundraising, including [[:Category:Lottery funding#National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund|lottery]] funding.  To generate support from "influential individuals" the Trust may typically invite a final legacy small group to spend a day on the Railway SVR using an Observation Saloon to make conducted visits to workshops to meet staff and volunteer craftsmen.<ref>2013 Annual Report</ref>*In addition to gifts it seeks pledges or future bequests. Those leaving a gift in their Willto the SVR Charitable Trust are invited to join the '''Guardians' Club'''.<ref name=CTDonation>[https://www.svrtrust.org.uk/index.php?page=Make%20a%20donation Charitable Trust Website 'Make a Donation'] (retrieved 12 August 2019)</ref> *Individuals donating over £100 or giving regular gifts by monthly contributions are invited to join the '''Patrons' Club'''.<ref name=CTDonation/>Previous *It has the support included:of Corporate partners *It In May 2016, the Trust secured an HLF a grant of £95£75,000 towards the restoration of from a [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall | 4930 Hagley Hall]] https://www.gov.*The Trust has worked closely with volunteers from the [[The LNER Carriage Group | LNER Carriage Group]uk/government/news/rail-tourism-winners-announced Department for Transport competition] , for a scheme to raise funds transform the Railway’s travel offering for and in conjunction with Carriage & Wagon to complete disabled passengers. The scheme involved the final restoration work on three Gresley teak carriages (and conversion of [[LNER 7960 Kitchen Composite|Kitchen Composite 7960BR 4399 Tourist Standard Open]], and [[LNER 24506 BR 80776 Brake ThirdGangwayed|Brake Third 2450680776]] , and the purchase of lightweight, portable ramps for each of the Railway’s [[LNER 52255 Open Third:Category:Wheelchair-accessible adapted carriages|Open Third 52255wheelchair-accessible carriages]].) These were splendidly showcased when Flying Scotsman visited the SVR in September 2016.*It contributed to the annual track re-laying work that took place in 2016 between Eardington and Bridgnorth.

===Fundraising events===Recent events organised by From time to time the Charitable Trust organises special fund raising events. Past events have included:<ref>[http://svrtrust.org.uk/news.html Charitable Trust news page]</ref>*April 2014: Charity Race Day at Ludlow Racesraising £62,000.<ref>2014 Annual Report</ref>*June 2015: Charity Race Day at Worcester Racecourse raising £34,500.<ref>[http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/13351423.Full_steam_ahead_as_charity_raceday_at_Worcester_Racecourse_helps_protect_our_railway_heritage/ Worcester News]</ref>

In October 2017 the Trust announced it was establishing an [[The Engine House#Commemorative_Garden|In Memory Garden]] for SVR supporters, close to [[The Engine House]]. ===Charitable expenditure===The report and accounts and [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3988604/financial-history Charity Commission website] record expenditure on charitable activities by year. An incomplete record follows: {| class="wikitable"| <b> Financial year ending</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>Amount</b> || <b>Notes</b>|-| 2016|| style="text-align:right;" | £166,770 || |-| 2017 || style="text-align:right;" | £436,890 || |-| 2018 || style="text-align:right;" | £382,580 || |-| 2019 || style="text-align:right;" | £695,990 || |-| 2020 || style="text-align:right;" | £2,141,254 || Includes £691k Falling Sands Viaduct renovation and £503k bequest allocated to 4930 Hagley Hall.<ref name=accounts20>Report and Financial Statements to 30 June 2020, via Companies House</ref> |-| 2021 || style="text-align:right;" | £690,171 |||-| 2022 || style="text-align:right;" | £1,224,345 || Includes £483k Roof and Crane appeal|} ===Endowment Future Fund===The Trust set up an endowment Future Fund, the income from which is intended to allow sustainable investment on the Railway in years to come. It has taken over aspirations to grow the Fund eventually to £10 million.<ref>SVRLive Charitable Trust page, 26 April 2017</ref> It appointed professional investment managers, Brewin Dolphin, to manage the organisation of investment. Donations to the annual Future Fund were matched, pound for pound, by a [[Peep Behind the Scenes:Category:Lottery funding#National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund|Heritage Lottery Fund]] day with effect from Catalyst programme grant of up to £500,000 which was awarded in 2013 and reached on 26 May 2017, giving a total fund value of over £1 million. {{As of|2022|07}} it had grown to £1.83 million<ref name=accounts21/>.

The Charitable Trust owns [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor]], together with [[BR Class 11 12099]] and a number of [[Carriages | carriages]] and [[Goods Wagons | goods wagons]]. A full list of all the rolling stock owned by the Trust can be found [[:Category: Rolling stock owned by The SVR Charitable Trust | here]]. *Some of these carriages vehicles were formerly owned donated to the Trust by a separate body[[List of preservation groups|preservation groups]], including the following.  *[[Hinton Manor Fund]] (ownership of [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor]])*[[Kidderminster Shunter Fund]] (ownership of [[BR Class 11 12099]])*[[L.M.S . & B.R. Coach Fund. The Coach Fund donated them ]] transferred ownership of its carriages to the Charitable Trust in 2007, following which it became a department within the Charitable Trust. The department maintains a [[L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Department Sales Coach | sales coach]] at [[Bridgnorth]].*Three carriages were also acquired from [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund | the LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] in 2010, at which time [[The LNER Carriage Group | the LNER Carriage Group]] similarly became a department within the Charitable Trust.*In early 2016, the [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund|LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] and the [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|SVR Holdings Company]] transferred the ownership of their LNER carriages to the Charitable Trust, resulting in the Trust now owning all nine LNER carriages based on the SVR.*Les Johnson and John Hancock (ownership of [[BR 993898 'Shark' Ballast Plough Brake]])<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bloct21 Branch Lines October 2021]</ref>

The Charitable Trust is the SVR==Publications==[[File: SVR_Charitable_Trust_Platform_Issue_6.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Platform Issue 6]]''s 'owner of last resortPlatform', "'is the Charitable Trust's magazine.Issues 1-5 were published annually between 2015 and 2019..ensuring that various locomotives, coaches and wagons that have been lovingly restored over many years by SVR volunteers can remain at Issue 6 was published in July 2022 to mark the Railway, in perpetuityTrust's 10th anniversary. As the members of the many preservation groups inevitably age and their numbers dwindle, items of rolling stock can be donated All 6 issues are available to download from the Charitable Trust, in order to be absolutely certain they will remain at the Railway for the long-term.''"<ref>s [http://wwwsvrtrust.svrliveorg.comuk/charitable-trust Statement from Director of Development, November 2016 on SVR LiveDownloads Downloads page]</ref> (external link).

A full list of all the rolling stock owned by the ===Shareholding in SVR(H)===The Trust can be found is a [[:Category:Rolling stock owned by The Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Notable_shareholdings|minor shareholder in SVR Charitable Trust | here(H)]]by way of donated or bequeathed shares. In the 2012 Share Offer existing shareholders with small numbers of shares who did not want to increase their holding were invited to donate their shares to the Trust. In 2021 the market value was £24,435<ref name=accounts21>Report and Financial Statements to 30 June 2021, via Companies House</ref>.

*[[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation#Current Organisation | The SVR Organisation]]<br>[[:Category:Rolling stock owned by The SVR Charitable Trust | List of rolling stock owned by The SVR Charitable Trust]]<br>List of [[Charities associated with the SVR]]<br>*[[L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Department Sales CoachFund|L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Department]] - a department of the Trust<br>*[[The LNER Carriage Group]] - part of the Trust*[[Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall]] - integrated into the trust to maximise income through Gift Aid*[[Falling Sands Viaduct]]*[[The Engine House#Commemorative_Garden|Commemorative Garden]]*[[Heritage Skills Training Academy]]*List of [[Charities associated with the SVR]]*[[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation#Chairmen|Charitable Trust Chairmen]]

*[http://svrtrust.org.uk/ Charitable Trust website]<br>*[httphttps://www.svrlive.com/charitable-trust SVRLive page]