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West Lancashire Light Railway Trust

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £99k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Lancashire
Website
www.westlancsrailway.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
West Lancashire Light Railway Trust
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£99k£77k
  • 2024£112k£80k
  • 2023£138k£85k
Earlier years
  • 2022£106k£95k
  • 2021£139k£71k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ACQUISITION, RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, EXHIBITION AND OPERATION OF NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK, EQUIPMENT AND ARTEFACTS, DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS.

Grants received

4 grants · £40,790 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £20,790 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £20,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002021-04-27
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £18,9002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £1,8902021-03-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002015-12-03
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.

5.4y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

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 9Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Arts and leisure 9Retail and trade 2Manufacturing 1

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£112k 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
1121149
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 4 JULY 2006 as amended on 05 Feb 2022 as amended on 14 Sept 2024
Companies House
Company number 05866375 · Active
Contact on the register
01772815881 · westlancsrlysecretary@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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