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Rhyl Steam Preservation Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £159k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Denbighshire
Website
www.rhylminiaturerailway.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£159k£174k
  • 2023£165k£172k
  • 2022£164k£164k
Earlier years
  • 2021£155k£131k
  • 2020£99k£109k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE AND OPERATE THE HISTORIC MINIATURE STEAM TRAINS ON THE RHYL MINIATURE RAILWAY, AT RHYL MARINE LAKE IN THE COUNTY OF DENBIGHSHIRE, FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.

Grants received

1 grant · £583,000 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 · £583,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £583,0002004-09-16
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.

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trustees past 6 years
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average years in governance
0
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 6Education/training 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£159k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1103953
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 18 JULY 2000 as amended on 25 Nov 2021
Contact on the register
01352759109 · stownsen@globalnet.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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