The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Railway Paths Limited

Registered charity 1070003 Registered since 1998

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

8 trustees on the board

5.9y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 8

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

Professional services 10Transport 3Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£2.5m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2021

10 from 8 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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

Websitehttp://www.railwaypaths.org.uk/
Emailestateoffice@railwaypaths.org.uk
Phone00
AddressRailway Paths Ltd, 4th Floor, St James House, St James Square, Cheltenham, GL50 3PR

Finances

£2,517,816 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,241,463£1,503,879
2022£1,502,246£1,360,254
2023£2,215,666£1,426,686
2024£995,709£1,246,221
2025£2,517,816£1,188,725

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

1) THE PROVISION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF ROUTES, ROADS AND PATHS SUITABLE FOR CYCLING, WALKING, HORSERIDING AND WHEEL-CHAIR USE.2) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE.3) THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF SUCH OF THE STRUCTURES, BUILDINGS, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT ON ANY LAND WHICH MAY AT ANY TIME BE VESTED IN THE COMPANY OR IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE COMPANY MAY HAVE AN INTEREST AS ARE OF HISTORIC, CULTURAL, ARCHITECTURAL, CONSTRUCTIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST.4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECTS OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 MAY 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 MAY 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 OCT 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 MAR 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 OCT 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 FEB 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 JUN 2023AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04 OCT 2023

Trustees (8)

8trustees
54median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Railway Paths Limited · 03535618 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 26/03/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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