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Registered charity · Leeds

Middleton Railway Trust Limited

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £157k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Leeds City
Website
www.middletonrailway.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Middleton Railway Trust Limited
Registered
1971

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£157k£196k
  • 2023£158k£142k
  • 2022£134k£156k
Earlier years
  • 2021£144k£101k
  • 2020£73k£148k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE, MAINTAIN, KEEP IN REPAIR AND WORKING CONDITION THE HISTORIC MIDDLETON COLLIERY RAILWAY, LEEDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF CONSTITUTION).

Grants received

6 grants · £966,630 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 · £846,800 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £119,830 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £36,3002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £3,6302021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £79,9002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £39,5002020-08-03
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £69,8002013-02-19
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.

12 trustees on the board

6.9y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

12
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 12Environment/conservation/heritage 12Religious Activities 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.

Transport 13Manufacturing 2Retail and trade 2

Gaps to watch

  • 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£157k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
230387
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 APRIL 1974 AS AMENDED 17 JUNE 1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 JUN 2017
Companies House
Company number 01165589 · Active
Contact on the register
01132710320 · info@middletonrailway.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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