The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

North Yorkshire Moors Railway Trust

Registered charity 501388 Registered since 1972

Operates: North Yorkshire

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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.

12 trustees on the board

3.1y median 1.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

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 12Environment/conservation/heritage 12General Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 12Tech and media 6Arts and leisure 4

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£9.8m latest income
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: 3.7 months

140 from 98 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.

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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.nymr.co.uk
Emailadmin@nymr.co.uk
Phone01751 473799
AddressNorth Yorkshire Moors Railway Trust, 12 Park Street, PICKERING, North Yorkshire, YO18 7AJ

Finances

£9,802,049 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,906,484£5,538,745
2022£9,610,805£7,200,130
2023£7,868,087£8,387,181
2024£9,638,007£10,114,902
2025£9,802,049£9,074,021

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

2.1 The Charity's objects are.(a) The education of people of all backgrounds through the operation of a living museum demonstrating the impact of the coal-powered steam railway as a catalyst for the rapid expansion of the Industrial Revolution and a foundation of modern societies and economies.(b) The advancement of heritage by the preservation and operation for the public benefit of the historical railway line across the North York Moors between Grosmont and Pickering, North Yorkshire including the preservation, conservation, maintenance, repair and demonstration of:(i) heritage locomotives and rolling stock;(ii) heritage railway buildings, bridges and other historic railway structures; (iii) heritage signalling systems; and(iv) railway archives historical records and artefacts and the operation of heritage steam and diesel trains over the railway and other third party owned or controlled lines.(c) The advancement of citizenship, community development and individual wellbeing for all ages, backgrounds and ethnicities through the promotion of volunteering, learning and training including training and development in at-risk heritage skills.(d) The advancement of conservation of the flora, fauna and species within the Charity’s lineside estate, adjacent to and within the North York Moors National Park, including designated areas of special scientific interest forming part of that estate.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/12/1971AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/02/1973AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/06/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/05/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/01/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/05/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/05/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/06/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/03/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 SEP 2016 as amended on 31 Mar 2022 as amended on 28 Apr 2022 as amended on 31 Mar 2022 as amended on 31 Mar 2022

Trustees (12)

12trustees
64median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

North Yorkshire Moors Railway Trust · 01036704 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 31/12/1971

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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