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Registered charity · Derbyshire

The Derwent and WYE Valley Railway Trust Limited

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £76k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Derbyshire
Website
WWW.DWVRT.CO.UK (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Derwent and WYE Valley Railway Trust Limited
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£76k£83k
  • 2024£40k£13k
  • 2023£9k£1k
Earlier years
  • 2022£5k£3k
  • 2021£610£319

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO OBTAIN, RESTORE, PRESERVE, AND OPERATE A REPRESENTATIVE COLLECTION OF HERITAGE RAILWAY BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, ROLLING STOCK AND ARTEFACTS FOR USE BY, EXHIBITION TO AND FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, MANAGEMENT AND THE OPERATION OF RAILWAYS BETWEEN AMBERGATE AND BUXTON IN THE COUNTY OF DERBYSHIRE.

Grants received

2 grants · £233,353 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 · £233,353 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £223,3532023-02-16
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002018-01-23
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.

6 trustees on the board

6.4y median 6y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
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.

Arts and leisure 6Transport 2Other services 1

Gaps to watch

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

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£40k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
1109543
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 12TH NOVEMBER 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 16 MAY 2006 AND 1 JULY 2008 as amended on 24 Jun 2022
Companies House
Company number 05285448 · Active
Contact on the register
01629 580381 · dwvrtrust@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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