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Registered charity · Ryde

The Isle of Wight Railway Company Limited

The Isle of Wight Railway Company Limited is a registered charity (number 280918) based in Ryde, governed by 15 trustees. Latest income £3.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Isle of Wight Steam Railway (Charity Commission)

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £3.2m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Isle Of Wight
Website
www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Isle of Wight Railway Company Limited
Registered
1981

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.2m£3.1m
  • 2024£3.3m£3.1m
  • 2023£3.2m£2.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.7m£2.4m
  • 2021£2.6m£2.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

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

Grants received

4 grants · £1,593,900 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 · £1,593,900 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,2002020-05-26
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,005,7002010-12-07
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,0002005-02-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £489,0002001-09-27
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.

3.8y median 2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (2)

11
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 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Religious 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.

Manufacturing 11Retail and trade 11Other 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
280918
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 01068690 · Active
Contact on the register
01983882204 · havenstreet@iwsteamrailway.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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