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Registered charity · Folkestone

The Elham Valley Line Trust

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £60k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Kent
Website
www.elhamvalleylinetrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£60k£36k
  • 2024£63k£46k
  • 2023£34k£34k
Earlier years
  • 2022£24k£28k
  • 2021£32k£14k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (I) IN CONSERVATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE SURROUNDING THE COURSE OF THE DISUSED ELHAM VALLEY LINE BY THE PROVISION INTER-ALIA OF NATURE TRAILS AND FOOTPATHS; (II) IN OLD ENGLISH CRAFTS BY THE PROVISION INTER-ALIA OF A WORKING CRAFTS CENTRE; (III) IN HISTORICAL RAILWAYS BY THE PROVISION INTER-ALIA OF A WORKING MUSEUM (IV) IN MATTERS ANCILLARY TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY SUCH MEANS AS SHALL BE DECIDED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE TRUSTEES.

Grants received

1 grant · £280,000 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 · £280,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £280,0001997-07-09
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.

5 trustees on the board

4.2y median 2y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 5Other 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.

Education 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£60k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
124 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
295563
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 12/05/1986AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 21/07/1914
Contact on the register
01303 273014 · DFGEVLT@BTINTERNET.COM
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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