[[File:4150 fund.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Fund members at work at Bewdley]]
'''The 4150 Fund ''' is a Community Benefit Society, Registration Number 8179. The Fund publishes an annual newsletter. ==History==The 4150 Fund began as an unincorporated body with a number of 'shareholders'. It was launched in March 1973 to purchase GWR 2‑6‑2T No [[GWR Large Prairie 4150 | 4150]] from [[Barry Scrapyard]], for the price of £2,750.
4150 left Barry in 1974 and in company with 7812 Erlestoke Manor was towed by Class 25 diesel to the Dean Forest Railway at Parkend. However site difficulties meant no work took place, and led to the Fund deciding to move the locomotive to the SVR. The move to [[Bewdley]] took place in January 1978, again by rail.
The Fund acquired a Gresley teak coach, [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|GNR BCK 229 ]](later LNER 4229 and BR mess van TDE 320700) which arrived at Bewdley in 1977 and was used as a mess van.<ref>SVR Stock Book 7th Edition</ref> Ownership was later transferred to the [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund|LNER Coach Fund]].<ref>SVR Stock Book 8th Edition</ref>
Restoration began after a period in storage, but by By the mid-80s fund raising and restoration progress had slowed. In 2007 November 2006 an EGM was held and a new committee was formed to restart and complete the restoration, which continues. Since then80 of the original Shareholders were traced, progress has continued steadily on twelve of whom increased the ‘bottom end’number of shares they held, including and a new issue brought in a further 68 Shareholders. A recommendation to amend the fabrication constitution to 'one member, one vote' was however rejected as, although an overall majority were in favour, it failed to reach the required majority of two-thirds. By 2008 a referendum had been held with a unanimous result in favour of adopting a new bunker and tanks Constitution, which came into effect on 1 January 2009. The 2008 AGM was informed that a few Fund spares had been recovered by the Trustees, but some were lifted onto unaccounted for. On completion of the restoration the SVR will operate 4150 on a commercial agreement with the framesFund. The Fund announced in 2019 it was consulting on applying to become a Charitable Community Benefit Society (CBS). At the AGM on 23 February 2019 the membership overwhelmingly approved the Trustees' proposal to proceed with this application. The fund duly became a CBS on 2 September 2019. {{As of|2019|09}} the Fund still needs to register with HMRC for charitable status although once approved, and the ability to claim Gift Aid can be back dated to the date on which the Fund became a CBS<ref>4150 Fund September 2019 Update</ref>. ===Fundarising===In 2008 a [[Severn Valley Railway Association]] raffle raised a record net total of almost £16,000 toward the boiler removedwork. A further raffle in 2018 raised in excess of £24,500 before expenses.<ref>SVR News 202</ref><ref>[http://www.4150.org.uk/PDFs/The4150Fund-2019-Web-Newsletter.pdf 4150 Fund 2019 newsletter] (retrieved 23 February 2019)</ref> The Fund organised [[Peep Behind the Scenes]], in March 2017an annual fundraising event, between 2010 and 2016.
The boiler is Each year from 2016 the major remaining task before 4150 can return to steam. {{As of|2017|04}} the boiler stands on Fund has run an Evening Social Special, a special train which departs from [[GWR 40554 Chaired Sleeper WagonKidderminster]]for a full return trip and provides suitable liquid refreshments. The boiler will be taken to [[Bridgnorth Loco Works|Bridgnorth boiler shop]] later in 2017 while the <ref>4150 Fund will continue working on the rest at Bewdley.2018, 2019 Newsletters</ref>
== See Also also ==
:[[List of preservation groups]]
:[[GWR Large Prairie 4150]]:[[Peep Behind the Scenes]], an annual fundraising event organised until 2016 by :[[Charities associated with the 4150 FundSVR]] ==References==<references />
== Links ==
[http://www.4150.org.uk/ The 4150 Fund website]
[http[Category://www.4150.org.uk/ The 4150 Fund websiteSVR fundraising lotteries]]
