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Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway Trust

Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway Trust is a registered charity (number 292240) based in Aberystwyth, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by MR N Acomb since 2012. Latest income £2.3m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £2.3m (2024)

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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
Throughout England And Wales
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£2.3m£2.0m
  • 2023£4.5m£1.9m
  • 2022£11m£1.5m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.0m£885k
  • 2020£429k£488k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2020: Government grants 31%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE EXHIBIT DISPLAY AND TO LOAN FOR DEMONSTRATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNICAL HISTORICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION STEAM OR OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES ROLLING STOCK EQUIPMENT MACHINES AND RELICS WHICH ARE (A) OF HISTORICAL OPERATIONAL AND GENERAL INTEREST AND IN ADDITION (!) OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE.

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.

4 trustees on the board

8y median 8y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4General Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 2Business services 1Hospitality 1

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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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£2.3m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

35 from 39 in 2021
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
292240
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 10TH JULY 1985
Contact on the register
01970625819
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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