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The 4150 Fund was launched in March 1973 to purchase GWR 2‑6‑2T No [[GWR Large Prairie File:4150 fund.jpg| 4150thumb|300px|right| Fund members at work at Bewdley]] from Barry Scrapyard, for the price of £2,750.

'''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 tanksConstitution, 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 unaccounted for. As  On completion of summer 2015, the boiler is now restoration the major remaining task before SVR will operate 4150 can return to steamon a commercial agreement with the Fund.

== Peep Behind the Scenes==The 4150 Fund organises announced in 2019 it was consulting on applying to become a Charitable Community Benefit Society (CBS). At the AGM on 23 February 2019 the annual ‘Peep Behind membership overwhelmingly approved the Scenes’ dayTrustees' proposal to proceed with this application. The fund duly became a CBS on 2 September 2019. An additional £5.00 charge applies on {{As of|2019|09}} the day Fund still needs to register with HMRC for a wristband allowing access charitable status although once approved, the ability to areas normally closed claim Gift Aid can be back dated to the public, including of course No 4150 in Bewdley Yard. Money raised through the sale of wristbands goes towards date on which the Fund became a CBS<ref>4150 Restoration FundSeptember 2019 Update</ref>.

Other areas to which access has been available ===Fundarising===In 2008 a [[Severn Valley Railway Association]] raffle raised a record net total of almost £16,000 toward the boiler work. A further raffle in 2018 raised in previous years have included Kidderminster Carriage Shed and Signal Boxexcess of £24, Bewdley North Signal Box and Bridgnorth MPD500 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]], an annual fundraising event, between 2010 and 2016. Each year from 2016 the Fund has run an Evening Social Special, a special train which departs from [[Kidderminster]] for a full return trip and provides suitable liquid refreshments.<ref>4150 Fund 2018, 2019 Newsletters</ref> == See Also also == :[[List of preservation groups]]:[[GWR Large Prairie 4150]]:[[Peep Behind the Scenes]]:[[Charities associated with the SVR]]  ==References==<references />

[http[Category://www.4150.org.uk/ The 4150 Fund websiteSVR fundraising lotteries]]