The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Welsh Highland Railway Limited

Registered charity 1039817 Registered since 1994

Operates: Gwynedd

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6.2y median 5.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Transport 5Other services 2Retail and trade 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£234k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.whr.co.uk
Emailadmin@whr.co.uk
Phone01766 513402
AddressWelsh Highland Railway Ltd, The Station Building, PORTHMADOG, LL49 9DY

Finances

£233,681 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£84,476£95,202
2021£114,971£74,784
2022£187,173£128,887
2023£157,402£142,716
2024£233,681£167,279

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS CONCERNING RAILWAYS AND (B) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OPERATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING LIFE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 30 JANUARY 1964 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 1 MAY 1994 AND AMENDED 25 JULY 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 26 JUNE 2004 as amended on 28 Jul 2007

Trustees (6)

6trustees
70median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Welsh Highland Railway Limited · 00790125 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/01/1964

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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