ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015/16 RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST · ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015/16 The Trust publishes an Annual Report for four specific purposes: I to publish its Accounts; I to illustrate the projects to which its grants have been awarded; I to acknowledge the financial contribution made to projects by external partners; I to acknowledge the contribution made to the development and delivery of projects by sponsors, consultants and contractors. We have a wider purpose too. Britain’s railway heritage deserves every opportunity that can be taken to make its quality and diversity better known. So our illustrated project reports also serve to attract potential new partners to work with us in this important and challenging field. CONTENTS Chairman’s Statement 3 The Hon Sir William McAlpine Bt introduces the Report; comments on the Trust’s on-going success in delivering improvements to the historic railway ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015/16 estate and attracting substantial external Front cover: Manchester Victoria Station: contributions to many varied projects; Refreshment room dome notes the continuation of the Trust’s work Inside front cover: Wakefield Kirkgate Station for the Department for Transport on the Inside back cover: Corrour Signal Box non-operational estate; describes the Back cover: Manchester Victoria Station: Detail from Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Trust’s support of railway war memorials; war memorial confirms the Trust’s decision to put a succession strategy in place, including the appointment of a Deputy Chairman; expresses thanks to the Trust’s sponsors, Network Rail and the Department for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Transport through Highways England (Historical Railways Estate), for their Photography by Paul Childs, Spheroview Ltd, support; and commends the Trust’s Tunbridge Wells, Kent personnel for their dedication and Other photographs as individually credited determination. Manchester Victoria Station: Lancashire & The Trust is grateful to the following Review of Projects 4-29 Yorkshire Railway route map & war memorial individuals and organisations for permission Reports on the Trust’s grant-aided to publish photographs and illustrations: projects, including: a variety of station Jay Devlia refurbishments, from replacement Tony Harden Network Rail canopies to minor heritage details; works Rosamund Webb to signal boxes, a viaduct, arches, a Robert Weir turntable and war memorials; conversions Alex Worth, Leander Architectural to provide a therapy centre, refreshment Research and text by Andy Savage and facilities, and cycle workshops; the Malcolm Wood, assisted by Claire Pickton production of a conservation management Design by Geoffrey Wadsley plan; and the preservation of historic Printed by Kingsley Print & Design Ltd, drawings and documents. Egham, Surrey National Railway Heritage Awards 29 The Railway Heritage Trust Conservation Award for 2015 was won by the Wensleydale Railway, for the restoration of Scruton Station. Grants and External Contributions 30-31 A detailed list of grants awarded and external partners’ contributions. The Trust’s Accounts 32 A summary of the audited accounts. 1 RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST 2016 RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST · OFFICERS AND ADVISORY PANEL 31st March 2016 EXECUTIVE BOARD Chairman: The Hon Sir William McAlpine Bt Executive Director: Andy Savage Director: Marcus Binney ADMINISTRATION Company Secretary: Malcolm Wood Personal Assistant: Claire Pickton ADVISORY PANEL Robert Baldwin Stanley Hurn Gordon Biddle Sir Simon Jenkins John Boyle David Lawrence Richard Broyd Chris Leah Timothy Bryan Adrian Lyons Anthony Byrne Geoff Mann Professor Dugald Cameron John Martin Jamie Coath Frank Paterson Jim Cornell Oliver Pearcey Sir Neil Cossons Dr John Prideaux Philip Davies Malcolm Reed Ian Hay Davison Simon Rigge Ptolemy Dean Martin Robertson Denis Dunstone Paul Simons Lord Faulkner of Worcester Theo Steel Dr William Fawcett Jerry Swift Christopher Fildes Robert Thornton Robin Gisby Peter Trewin Chris Green Dame Margaret Weston Chris Heaps Adam Wilkinson Charles Howeson Manchester Victoria Station: Frontage canopy detail ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ADVISORY PANEL The Annual Meeting of the Advisory Panel was held on 12th October 2015, at 1 Eversholt Street, London. Mike Ashworth, Design & Heritage Manager for London Underground, was the guest speaker and talked about how that organisation handles its built heritage issues. His presentation was greatly appreciated and, for the first time, nine days later, a successful repeat meeting was held in Glasgow, with Panel members and Scottish industry partners present. This was followed by a tour of the undercroft of Glasgow Central Station. RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST 2016 2 CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT AST YEAR I REPORTED on the 30th report that the situation improved been lost or removed, was in this anniversary celebrations of the noticeably at the end of the year, and has financial year, and we are particularly LTrust’s existence and how we had continued to get better, so I am optimistic proud of our work to create a copy of an contributed to the railway industry’s care that this was only a temporary blip. old Great Western Railway Roll of for its listed and historic buildings. A Although we worked closely with Honour from Worcester Sheet Depart- year later we can see that the Trust has colleagues in both Network Rail Wales ment. The original is very frail and continued to deliver that improvement, Route and Arriva Trains Wales, we only water-stained, and is permanently kept across all of Great Britain. In 2015/16 saw one project happen in the in the National Railway Museum. we funded 47 grants from Network Rail’s Principality, and that, restoring some However, through the excellent work of sponsorship, one from Highways England ironwork at Cardiff Central, was worth our photographer, Paul Childs, and (Historical Railways Estate)’s sponsor- only just over a thousand pounds. Malcolm Wood, we have been able to ship, and ten from the Maber legacy, On the non-operational estate the create a cleaned-up copy which has been making a total of 58 grants, a slight position was happier: we have continued mounted and framed and is now increase on 2014/15. The grants were our work to convert closed viaducts into displayed near the Victorian Waiting worth £2.04 million in total, and drew pedestrian and cycling routes, thanks to Room at Worcester Shrub Hill Station, in £4.47 million of external funding. the Department for Transport’s on-going itself an award-winning project that we This latter figure is one of the highest funding, for which we are most grateful. are most proud to have supported. I am external contributions we have seen, This year we have helped complete the also very happy that we could support and it emphasises how heritage is good route across the Trent over Torksey a group of Virgin Trains staff at business for Network Rail and Highways Viaduct, work on which started in Manchester Piccadilly in creating a new England (Historical Railways Estate), as 2014/15. Now that this is complete our memorial to replace one from London well as being a social benefit. friends in Railway Paths Ltd are working Road, shamefully lost in the 1960s’ redevelopment of that station. As far as the organisation of the Trust is concerned, I have been aware for some time that, having served as Chairman for 31 years, we need a strategy to find my successor. Happily, we have identified a most suitable potential future Chairman for when I do eventually stand down, but his present employment precludes him joining the Board at this time. However, I am delighted that Jim Cornell, our Executive Director for many years, has agreed to rejoin the Board as Deputy Chairman for the intervening period, a i ensuring that we have continuity should l v e D it be necessary. It is good to have Jim’s y a J experience even more available to us HRH The Duke of Gloucester & Sir William at the opening of the waiting room at Worcester Shrub Hill than it has been in the last six years. In England we gave 33 Network Rail- with adjoining land owners and local I conclude, as ever, by thanking our funded grants, to a total value of authorities to upgrade the route to full sponsors, Network Rail and the £1,506,266. The biggest grants were bridleway standards, so as to allow Department for Transport through both for £250,000, one towards the cycling over the viaduct as well. Looking Highways England (Historical Railways restoration of C H Driver’s stunning to the future, we have identified projects Estate). I must also thank Andy, Malcolm gothic wall on the south side of London for the next few years. In 2016/17 we and Claire for their dedication and Bridge Station, and the other to improve have Castleford, and Bennerley in the determination in running the Trust. the lighting in the Dark Arches under Erewash Valley, but also, as we move Without their commitment we would not Leeds Station. At the other extreme, we ahead, we hope to open a walkway on a be able to achieve the results that we do. gave a grant for less than a thousand permanently-abandoned section of the I commend the 31st Annual Report and pounds for a new bench at Ridgmont Waverley Route, a viaduct over the River Accounts of the Railway Heritage Trust Station. Eden at Carlisle. to you. In Scotland we only awarded 13 We have continued to both record and grants, to a total value of £309,502. support work on war memorials. Our This is under half of the value in project to recognise and honour the 2014/15. Sadly, the change of the seven railwaymen awarded the Victoria franchise at the start of the financial Cross has advanced, and is now nearly year brought all progress on Stations half complete, and the plaques have been Community Regeneration Fund- well recognised as they have gone up.