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Registered charity · Northallerton

Wensleydale Railway Trust

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £378k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Cumbria, North Yorkshire
Website
www.wensleydale-railway.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Wensleydale Railway Trust LTD
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£378k£220k
  • 2024£318k£250k
  • 2023£280k£221k
Earlier years
  • 2022£454k£481k
  • 2020£733k£392k

Income trend, 2020 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY BETWEEN NORTHALLERTON IN THE COUNTY OF NORTH YORKSHIRE AND GARSDALE IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE RAILWAY") AND RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN GENERAL AND INTEGRATED TRANSPORT IN PARTICULAR.(2) TO ADVANCE AND CONSERVE THE HERITAGE OF THE RAILWAY, AND RAILWAYS IN GENERAL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Grants received

6 grants · £511,800 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £509,300 (4 grants)
  • Ministry of Defence · £2,500 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £60,0002020-05-11
  • Ministry of Defence £2,0002019-04-01
  • Ministry of Defence £5002018-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £390,0002017-09-07
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £37,8002015-03-11
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

2.9y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

7
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 10Environment/conservation/heritage 9General Charitable Purposes 9Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Transport 11Property 2Hospitality 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
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£378k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
1088324
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/10/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/03/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/05/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/06/2015 as amended on 06 May 2025
Companies House
Company number 04094801 · Active
Contact on the register
01677 425805 · w.shepherd@wensleydalerailway.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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