The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Rheilffyrdd Ffestiniog AC Eryri)

Registered charity 239904 Registered since 1966

Operates: Gwynedd

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

5.8y median 5.5y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

10.8y

average years in governance

3 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Environment/conservation/heritage 5Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2

Commercial experience

Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1Construction 1

Boards that share trustees

Duke of Lancaster's Foundation 1 shared trustee
Rother Valley Railway Heritage Trust 1 shared trustee
The Timberscombe Trust 1 shared trustee
Strata Florida Trust 1 shared trustee
Almshouse Charity of Letitia Cornwallis 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Duke of Lancaster's Foundation 1 shared trustee
Rother Valley Railway Heritage Trust 1 shared trustee
The Timberscombe Trust 1 shared trustee
Strata Florida Trust 1 shared trustee
Almshouse Charity of Letitia Cornwallis 1 shared trustee
Traffic International Similar size; both Environment

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Contact

Email	trustsecretary@ffwhr.com
Phone	01926 811938
Address	Soprano, Fleecy Court, Chapel Green, Napton-on-the-Hill, Warwickshire, CV47 8PA

Finances

£12,945,119 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£5,790,524	£6,276,556
2021	£6,601,479	£5,796,611
2022	£8,175,701	£7,891,216
2023	£13,187,998	£11,815,923
2024	£12,945,119	£12,977,356

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH RAILWAYS AND IN PARTICULAR WITH THE FESTINIOG RAILWAY COMPANY AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT. (OR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF 10TH NOVEMBER 1964)

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 10 NOVEMBER 1964, 24 MAY 1965 30/09/1998AND SCHEME DATED 17/06/1998AS AMENDED ON 05/10/2012AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 15 APR 2016 as amended on 21 Feb 2025

Trustees (5)

5trustees

77median age

1aged 70+

Dr John Denys Charles Anstice Prideaux CBE Chair since 2015
David Richard Jones since 2024
Dr David Rhys Gwyn OBE since 2017
Nigel Ferrier Burbidge since 2025
Richard Broydage 77

Connected charities (5)

Duke of Lancaster's Foundation 1 shared trustee
Rother Valley Railway Heritage Trust 1 shared trustee
Strata Florida Trust 1 shared trustee
Almshouse Charity of Letitia Cornwallis 1 shared trustee
The Timberscombe Trust 1 shared trustee

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