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Ffestiniog Railway Society

11 trustees
Income £425k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where: Throughout England And Wales
Website: www.ffestiniograilway.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: Ffestiniog Railway Society
Registered: 1997

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£425k£804k
2024£504k£766k
2023£1.3m£602k

Earlier years

2022£1.1m£365k
2021£635k£364k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH CONSERVATION OF THE FFESTNIOG RAILWAY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTARY WORK IN SUPPORT OF THE FFESTINIOG RAILWAY

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.

11 trustees on the board

3.6y median 2.5y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Lyn Gore Graham-Taylor since 2020
Nigel Clifford Smith since 2015

10y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

Catherine Marie Knowles since 2022
Terence David Newhouse since 2025

company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 10Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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

Other services 12Education 1Retail and trade 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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£425k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 1064178
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 DECEMBER 1954. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16 MAY 1997 as amended on 02 May 2026
Companies House: Company number 00542449 · Active
Contact on the register: 07754069840 · secretary@ffestiniograilway.org.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels: Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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