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Registered charity (CIO) · York

Derwent Valley Light Railway Society

Derwent Valley Light Railway Society is a registered charity (number 1161623) based in York, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Craig Benton since 2018. Latest income £27k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Dvlrs (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £27k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
North Yorkshire, East Riding Of Yorkshire, City Of York
Website
www.dvlr.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£27k£22k
  • 2024£40k£38k
  • 2023£32k£26k
Earlier years
  • 2022£22k£17k
  • 2021£20k£42k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF THE DERWENT VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY AND RAILWAYS IN GENERAL, BY THE PRESERVATION AND OPERATION OF THE HISTORIC UNIQUE RAILWAY LINE OF THE DERWENT VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY OR ANY PART OR PARTS THEREOF.(2) TO ADVANCE AND CONSERVE THE HERITAGE OF THE DERWENT VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY, AND RAILWAYS IN GENERAL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, BY THE PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF HERITAGE LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK, HERITAGE RAILWAY BUILDINGS AND OTHER HISTORIC RAILWAY STRUCTURES, HERITAGE RAILWAY SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, AND RAILWAY ARCHIVES, HISTORICAL RECORDS AND ARTEFACTS.

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.

9 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

2
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 9Environment/conservation/heritage 8Animals 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 2Education 2Professional services 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£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
1161623
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 12 May 2015 as amended on 05 Apr 2025
Contact on the register
01904738928 · info@dvlr.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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