The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

East Lancashire Railway Holdings Company Limited

Registered charity 1107332 Registered since 2004

Operates: Bury, Rochdale, Lancashire

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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.

10 trustees on the board

8.3y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (5)

9
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 9Recreation 2

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 16Arts and leisure 11Retail and trade 9

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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
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incomespending£15k latest income

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.

Related organisations

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Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
Emailfinance.team@eastlancsrailway.co.uk
Phone01617646955
AddressEAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY, BOLTON STREET STATION, BOLTON STREET, BURY, BL9 0EY

Finances

£15,043 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£100,943£858,373
2021£19,057£19,057
2022£8,502£8,502
2023£7,166£7,166
2024£15,043£13,502

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

I) TO ACQUIRE AND TAKE OVER THE RAILWAY LINES IN THE COUNTIES OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND LANCASHIRE TOGETHER WITH SUCH LANDS AND BUILDINGS ADJACENT THERETO AS ARE OF NATURAL BEAUTY OR HISTORIC INTEREST OR ARE OF IMPORTANT IN THE OPERATION OF THE SAID RAILWAY.II) TO UNDERTAKE AND/OR PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY OF THE SAID RAILWAY LINES, TOGETHER, WITH ALL FIXTURES AND FITTINGS, HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND LANDS OF NATURAL BEAUTY UPON OR ADJACENT TO THE SAID RAILWAY, AND GENERALLY TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER AND AMENITIES OF THE SAID RAILWAY LINES.III) TO UNDERTAKE AND/OR PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF ALL FORMS OF LOCOMOTIVES, AND ROLLING STOCK, TOGETHER WITH GENERAL RAILWAY EPHEMERA (INCLUDING ROAD VEHICLES AND ITEMS OF GENERAL TRANSPORT INTEREST AND OF ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.IV) TO OPERATE A PASSENGER SERVICE UPON THE SAID RAILWAY LINES FOR THE PURPOSE OFA) AFFORDING TO THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND ENJOYMENT OF THE COUNTRYSIDE BETWEEN THE SAID TOWNS OF BURY AND RAWTENSTALL.B) ENABLING THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE THE SAID RAILWAY LINES, ITS FIXTURES AND FITTINGS, AND LANDS OF NATURAL BEAUTY AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS ADJACENT TO THE SAID RAILWAY.V) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY SECURING OF THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, ENHANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF FEATURES AND OBJECTS OF INDUSTRIAL, SCIENTIFIC AND HISTORICAL INTEREST IN THE COUNTIES OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND LANCASHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREA.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 MARCH 2004

Trustees (10)

10trustees
62median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

East Lancashire Railway Holdings Company Limited · 05069987 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 10/03/2004

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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