The Growler Group

The object of the group shall be to preserve, restore, exhibit and operate for the benefit of the public ex British Rail Class 37 (English Electric) diesel locomotives (s) of historical interest.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Gloucestershire
• Warwickshire

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 October 2025, it had income of £28,650 and spent £14,891.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Down 63%, from £78,234 in the year to 31 October 2021 to £28,650 in the year to 31 October 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 52% of its income in the year to 31 October 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 October 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

10 trustees run the charity.

• Alan Howard Lea
• Andrew Laws
• Darren Martin Trower
• Gareth Edward ArlettAppointed 18 March 2023
• Garry ParsonsAppointed 16 March 2024
• Janet GoughAppointed 19 March 2022
• Kevin Graham Jarvis
• Peter Alan Smith
• Simon David HaleAppointed 14 March 2020
• Thomas John DumelowAppointed 14 March 2020

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

702237

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

9 January 1990

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 3 DECEMBER 1988 AS AMENDED 16TH DECEMBER 1989. as amended on 03 Mar 2019 as amended on 26 Apr 2025

Website

www.thegrowlergroup.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Newport

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

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