Registered charity (CIO) · Barnstaple
Barnstaple & YEO Valley Railway Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £66k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 2 organisations acting as trustee: Bruce Ian Knights, Charles Gardner.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Devon
- Website
- yvt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£66k£40k
- 2024£916k£17k
- 2023£240k£2k
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1) THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE FORMER LYNTON & BARNSTAPLE NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAY, TO INCLUDE TRACKBED, STATIONS, BRIDGES, VIADUCTS, CULVERTS, CUTTINGS, OUT BUILDINGS, ADJACENT LAND (E.G. WOODLAND) AND ANY ROLLING STOCK THAT THE TRUST MAY BUY, STORE, BORROW, OR LOAN.(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY AND OPERATION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED RAILWAY AND RAILWAYS GENERALLY BY THE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF HISTORIC ARTEFACTS, RELICS AND DOCUMENTS OF THE RAILWAY OR RAILWAYS, CARRYING OUT OF RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY AND OPERATION OF THE RAILWAY OR RAILWAYS GENERALLY, THE STUDY OF LOCAL HISTORY IN RELATION THERETO AND THE PUBLICATION OR OTHER DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND STUDY, AND BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING FACILITIES FOR THOSE ENGAGED IN THE RESTORATION AND OPERATION OF THE RAILWAY OR RAILWAYS IN GENERAL.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Anne Belsey since 2023
- Bruce Ian Knights since 2025
- Charles Gardner since 2025
- Christopher George Duffell since 2025
- David Ian Cameron since 2023
- Jacqueline Wright since 2023
- Michael R Buse since 2026
- Peter James since 2023
- Philip Heathcote since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Anne Belsey since 2023
- Christopher George Duffell since 2025
- David Ian Cameron since 2023
- Jacqueline Wright since 2023
- Michael R Buse since 2026
- Peter James since 2023
- Philip Heathcote since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
90.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1202037
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 22 FEB 2023 AS AMENDED ON 14 OCT 2025AMENDED ON 15 NOV 2025AMENDED TO CIO ASSOCIATION 15 NOV 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01271 883614 · info@byvrt.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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