The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Talyllyn Holdings Limited

Registered charity 1089053 Registered since 2001

Operates: Gwynedd

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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.

6 trustees on the board

8.6y median 11y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

4
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 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6

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

Utilities 18Transport 4Arts and leisure 2

Gaps to watch

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

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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.

22.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 19.3 in 2021

44 from 35 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

Websitewww.talyllyn.co.uk
Emailsecretary@talyllyn.co.uk
Phone01654710472
AddressWHARF STATION, NEPTUNE ROAD, TYWYN, GWYNEDD, LL36 9EY

Finances

£2,508,585 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,299,396£1,029,060
2022£1,750,025£1,380,670
2023£2,233,886£1,722,662
2024£1,905,228£1,906,457
2025£2,508,585£2,073,961

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

5.1 The preservation, restoration, maintenance and protection of such of the structures, rolling stock, plant, equipment and artefacts (“the structures and equipment”) of or connected with the Talyllyn Railway as are of historic, cultural, architectural, constructional or scientific interest or exhibit craftsmanship worthy of preservation;5.2 The promotion of public knowledge, appreciation and understanding of the historic and cultural aspects of the Talyllyn Railway and the area through which it runs;5.3 The promotion of public access to the structures and equipment and public knowledge, appreciation and understanding of their architectural, constructional, scientific and craft features;5.4 To support the operation of steam-hauled passenger trains on the Talyllyn Railway;5.5 Such other charitable purposes for the advancement of education associated with the Talyllyn Railway and its surrounding area and other narrow gauge railways as the Directors think fit.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 OCTOBER 1952 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 8 DECEMBER 1973, 24 FEBRUARY 1996 AND 31 AUGUST 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31 MAY 2019 as amended on 26 Aug 2021 as amended on 06 Sep 2021

Trustees (6)

6trustees
62median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Talyllyn Holdings Limited · 00511996 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 03/10/1952

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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