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Registered charity · Northumberland

The ALN Valley Railway Trust

The ALN Valley Railway Trust is a registered charity (number 1063332) based in Northumberland, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Michael Proctor since 2020. Latest income £419k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £419k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 2 more
Where
Northumberland
Website
www.alnvalleyrailway.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The ALN Valley Railway Trust
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£419k£219k
  • 2023£242k£179k
  • 2022£382k£181k
Earlier years
  • 2021£261k£168k
  • 2020£153k£125k

Income trend, 2020 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESTORING, PRESERVING AND OPERATING RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, VEHICLES AND OTHER ARTIFACTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND BUILDINGS CONNECTED THEREWITH AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO RESTORE THE RAIL LINK BETWEEN ALNWICK AND ALNMOUTH SO AS TO BRING THE HISTORIC TOWN OF ALNWICK INTO CONTACT WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESERVING OF BOOKS, DRAWINGS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, SOUND AND VISUAL RECORDINGS, CINEMATOGRAPHY FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO SUCH ARTIFACTS AND VEHICLES, THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT

Grants received

1 grant · £21,300 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £21,300

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £21,3002020-10-14
Board analysis

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.

10 trustees on the board

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

9
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 10Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 10

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 9Construction 2Professional services 1

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
2025
incomespending£419k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2025
1%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1063332
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 FEBRUARY 1997 as amended on 24 Jul 2021
Companies House
Company number 03319861 · Active
Contact on the register
07974040486 · secretary@alnvalleyrailway.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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