The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Isle of Wight Railway Company Limited

Registered charity 280918 Registered since 1981

Operates: Isle Of Wight

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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.

15 trustees on the board

5.7y median 4.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (3)

15
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 15Environment/conservation/heritage 3Religious Activities 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Manufacturing 15Retail and trade 15Other services 7

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£3.3m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

4.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.1 in 2020

43 from 35 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
Emailhavenstreet@iwsteamrailway.co.uk
Phone01983882204
AddressISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAY CO LTD, THE RAILWAY STATION, STATION ROAD, HAVENSTREET, RYDE, PO33 4DS

Finances

£3,259,994 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,463,691£1,529,292
2021£2,564,838£1,969,144
2022£2,681,873£2,373,607
2023£3,161,268£2,741,577
2024£3,259,994£3,103,261

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTION ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 AUG 1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 JUL 1980AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 MAY 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 JUN 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 MAY 2017

Trustees (15)

15trustees
65median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Isle of Wight Railway Company Limited (the) · 01068690 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/08/1972

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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