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The ALN Valley Railway Trust

Registered charity 1063332 Registered since 1997

Operates: Northumberland

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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.

9 trustees on the board

4.6y median 5.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Construction 2Professional services 1

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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.

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.alnvalleyrailway.co.uk
Emailsecretary@alnvalleyrailway.co.uk
Phone07974040486
AddressThe Aln Valley Railway Trust, Lionheart Station, Lionheart Enterprise Park, ALNWICK, Northumberland, NE66 2EZ

Finances

£419,211 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£152,848£124,684
2021£261,393£167,524
2022£381,796£180,557
2023£241,542£178,655
2025£419,211£219,327

What it does

What

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

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

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

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 FEBRUARY 1997 as amended on 24 Jul 2021

Trustees (9)

9trustees
64median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The ALN Valley Railway Trust · 03319861 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/02/1997

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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