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Registered charity (CIO) · Torquay

Babbacombe Cliff Railway CIO

Babbacombe Cliff Railway CIO is a registered charity (number 1182292) based in Torquay, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Lindsay John Yelland since 2012. Latest income £335k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £335k (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
Where
Devon, Torbay
Website
www.babbacombecliffrailway.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£335k£322k
  • 2024£143k£468k
  • 2023£308k£221k
Earlier years
  • 2022£369k£229k
  • 2021£196k£203k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PRESERVE, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE THE HISTORIC BABBACOMBE CLIFF RAILWAY ("THE RAILWAY") AND ITS ASSOCIATED ROLLING STOCK, BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ENSURE THAT THE RAILWAY CONTINUES TO OPERATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND VISITORS TO TORBAY.

Grants received

1 grant · £31,000 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 · £31,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £31,0002010-09-01
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 trustees on the board

8.4y median 8y
average tenure
17y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 5General Charitable Purposes 5Recreation 4Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£335k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1182292
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Mar 2019
Contact on the register
01803328750 · chairman@babbacombecliffrailway.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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