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Registered charity · Bishop Auckland

The Weardale Railway Trust

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £62k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment and 2 more
Where
Durham
Website
www.weardale-railway.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Weardale Railway Trust
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£62k£55k
  • 2025£28k£43k
  • 2024£22k£18k
Earlier years
  • 2023£27k£22k
  • 2022£29k£33k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING, RESTORING AND PRESERVING BUILDINGS AND LAND OF THE RAILWAY AND OTHER ARTEFACTS 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 SIGNAL NUMBER S36 COCKTON HILL BRIDGE BISHOP AUCKLAND AND WEARHEAD IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESERVING OF BOOKS, DRAWINGS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, SOUND AND VISUAL RECORDINGS, CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO SUCH LAND AND ARTEFACTS THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT

Grants received

6 grants · £122,279 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.

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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.

4.4y median 3.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10Education/training 9Economic/community Development/employment 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 8Arts and leisure 2Manufacturing 2

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£28k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1088897
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 18 JULY 1996
Companies House
Company number 03226401 · Active
Contact on the register
07719 757755 · info@weardale-railway.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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