Vale of Rheidol Railway Limited
Registered charity 1076037 Registered since 1999
Operates: Ceredigion
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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.
4 trustees on the board
- Dr Clive Richard Higgs since 2016
- Jonathan Nichol Mckie since 2025
- Philip John Neville Ellis
- Patrick Keef since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Clive Richard Higgs since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Dr Clive Richard Higgs since 2016
- Jonathan Nichol Mckie since 2025
- Philip John Neville Ellis
- Patrick Keef since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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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0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
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.
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- Staffordshire& Birmingham Agricultural Society Similar size; both Environment
- The Ecology Trust Similar size; both Environment
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.rheidolrailway.co.uk |
| Phone | 01970625819 |
| Address | Vale Of Rheidol Railway, Park Avenue, ABERYSTWYTH, Dyfed, SY23 1PG |
Finances
£2,064,740 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £348,126 | £487,578 |
| 2021 | £1,634,355 | £824,817 |
| 2022 | £11,136,279 | £1,306,685 |
| 2023 | £2,371,692 | £1,871,092 |
| 2024 | £2,064,740 | £1,931,271 |
What it does
What
Environment/conservation/heritageWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceCharitable objects
“(i) To advance the education of the public and to promote research (including the publication of the useful results of such research) in matters concerning narrow gauge railways including, but not limited to, the narrow gauge railway in the County of Cardigan and which extends from Aberystwyth to Devils Bridge and is known as the Vale of Rheidol Railway and of other railways or tramways which are or may be worked or operated in conjunction or connection therewith and (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) matters concerning the history, buildings, tramways, rolling stock, machinery and equipment, the historical operation, the restoration and the current operation of the Vale of Rheidol Railway; (ii) 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 conditions of life including, but not limited to, the provision of facilities connected with the Vale of Rheidol Railway, its restoration, maintenance and operation and facilities for pedestrian access to the countryside through which the Vale of Rheidol runs; and(iii) The establishment maintenance and support of museums or other institutions partly or wholly devoted to the preservation and public display of railway equipment and relics of historic educational or operational interest.”
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 NOVEMBER 1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 10 OCTOBER 1997, 22 JANUARY 1988, 3 JUNE 1988, 28 APRIL 1999 AND 4 APRIL 2005 as amended on 06 Jan 2024 as amended on 06 Jun 2025
Trustees (4)
- Dr Clive Richard Higgsage band 70-74 since 2016
- Jonathan Nichol Mckieage band 60-64 since 2025
- Philip John Neville Ellisage band 85-89
- Patrick Keefage band 55-59 since 2023
Linked company (Companies House)
Vale of Rheidol Railway Limited · 02188631 · Active
Private Limited Company · incorporated 04/11/1987
6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.
Connected charities (0)
No charities share a trustee (from current data).
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