The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

East Lancashire Light Railway Company Limited

Registered charity 1186648 Registered since 2019

Operates: Bury, Lancashire, Rochdale

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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.

10 trustees on the board

7.2y median 7.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (5)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Recreation 8Education/training 5Environment/conservation/heritage 4General Charitable Purposes 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Transport 17Arts and leisure 11Retail and trade 9

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£5.2m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

62 from 60 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Related organisations

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
Emailfinance.team@eastlancsrailway.co.uk
Phone03333202830
AddressEAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY, BOLTON STREET STATION, BOLTON STREET, BURY, BL9 0EY

Finances

£5,223,118 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£3,268,964£2,895,099
2021£4,572,583£4,018,557
2022£5,130,263£5,245,761
2023£5,538,367£5,914,221
2024£5,223,118£5,623,128

What it does

What

Recreation

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND OPERATION OF THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY BY:A) THE ACQUISITION, RESTORATION, PRESERVATION AND OPERATION OF HERITAGE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, STATION BUILDINGS, TRACK BETWEEN RAWTENSTALL AND HEYWOOD AND OTHER ASSOCIATED HERITAGE INFRASTRUCTURE; ANDB) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 DEC 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 NOV 2019AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25 NOV 2019

Trustees (10)

10trustees
66median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

East Lancashire Light Railway Company Limited · 02023981 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 29/05/1986

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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