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Registered charity · North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire Moors Railway Trust

North Yorkshire Moors Railway Trust is a registered charity (number 501388) based in North Yorkshire, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Jeremy Swift since 2020. Latest income £9.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as North Yorkshire Moors Railway (Charity Commission)

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...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £9.8m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
North Yorkshire
Website
www.nymr.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
North Yorkshire Moors Railway Trust
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£9.8m£9.1m
  • 2024£9.6m£10m
  • 2023£7.9m£8.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£9.6m£7.2m
  • 2021£9.9m£5.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

11 grants · £8,905,988 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 · £5,755,036 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,630,952 (3 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £500,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £20,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-04-08
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £250,0002022-10-13
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £250,0002022-10-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £148,0502020-09-29
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £1,904,9022020-04-01
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.

12 trustees on the board

3.1y median 1.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
501388
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 01036704 · Active
Contact on the register
01751 473799 · admin@nymr.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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