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The GWR 813 Preservation Fund

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[[File: 813_20161105.jpg |thumb|300px|right| GWR 813 at Highley]]

'''The GWR 813 Preservation Fund''' was founded in 1966as an unincorporated membership organisation.<ref>[http://www.gwr813.org/index.html GWR 813 Preservation Fund]</ref> It is an unincorporated membership organisationIn October 2021 it became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered charity number 1196114, company number CE026885.<ref>Baxter, Nick J.P. , GWR 813 Preservation Fund Facebook page, 11 October 2021 (Retrieved 11 October 2021)</ref> There is currently no annual subscription and membership is granted to those making a minimum donation amount. The Fund owns [[GWR 813 Saddle Tank | 0-6-0ST locomotive GWR 813]] (originally Port Talbot Railway No 26), together with an extensive collection of wagons and other rolling stock.

==History==

==Other information==

The For many years the 813 Fund runs ran a sales stand at [[Kidderminster]]. In October 2021 the Fund announced that in future the [[GWR 813 Sales Stand | sales stand]] would be based at [[Kidderminster Bewdley | KidderminsterBewdley station]] in [[GWR 55 Riding/Dormitory Van]] Station.

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File: 813shop.jpg | The former GWR 813 Preservation Fund sales standat Kidderminster

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{{As of|2021|1}} the 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 ==

*[[List of preservation groups]]*List of [[Charities associated with the SVR]]

==References==

== Links ==

*[http://www.gwr813.org/ The GWR 813 Preservation Fund website]*[https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5181186/charity-overview The GWR 813 Preservation Fund on the Charities Commission website]*[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/CE026885The GWR 813 Preservation Fund on Companies House website]

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