The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Tarka Valley Railway

Registered charity 1162632 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: Devon

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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.

7 trustees on the board

4.7y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

1
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 6Recreation 5Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Health and social care 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£35k 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.tarkavalleyrailway.org
Emailtarkavalleyrailway@gmail.com
Phone01237420946
AddressSilver Mist, Pump Lane, Abbotsham, Bideford, EX39 5AZ

Finances

£34,804 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£59,838£43,457
2022£41,180£41,713
2023£53,325£27,850
2024£48,961£65,867
2025£34,804£17,539

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceRecreation

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE TARKA VALLEY RAILWAY LINE THROUGH THE TORRIDGE VALLEY.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE TORRIDGE VALLEY AREA, AND RAILWAYS IN PARTICULAR.

Governing document: CIO - Association Registered 13 Jul 2015

Trustees (7)

7trustees
88median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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