The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Ravenglass Railway Museum Trust

Registered charity 505295 Registered since 1976

Operates: Cumbria

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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.

9 trustees on the board

7.4y median 10y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (7)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9

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 5Arts and leisure 2Finance 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£37k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.ravenglassrailwaymuseum.co.uk
Emailmuseum@ravenglass-railway.co.uk
Phone01539721626
AddressMaudlands, Maude Street, Kendal, LA9 4QD

Finances

£41,348 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£79,642£93,801
2022£39,023£60,690
2023£33,264£65,652
2024£36,885£37,395
2025£41,348£55,180

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

The income of the Trust Fund shall be applied in such manner as the Trustees in their absolute discretion from time to time think fit for the following purposes for the educational benefit of students researchers and the public namely:-(a) The foundation and maintenance of a Railway Museum at Ravenglass(b) The conservation and control of flora and fauna in Ravenglass and Eskdale and their neighbourhood(c) The advancement of educationIn furtherance of the above objects but not otherwise the power:To arrange lectures, exhibitions, shows and similar functionsTo print publish and make available to the public by sale or otherwise of literature reproductions photographs and the likeTo make grants of money for the provisions of scholarships for study and research

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 20 MAY 1976AS AMENDED ON 05 FEB 2016 as amended on 01 Jul 2025

Trustees (9)

9trustees
77median age
3aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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