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Registered charity · Tyne and Wear

The Bowes Railway Company Limited

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £112k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Gateshead
Website
www.bowesrailway.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Bowes Railway Company Limited
Registered
1981

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£112k£114k
  • 2024£54k£51k
  • 2023£66k£79k
Earlier years
  • 2022£68k£81k
  • 2021£93k£47k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 57%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE, OPERATE AND EXHIBIT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES, AND TO STIMULATE AND ENCOURAGE INTEREST IN ALL KINDS OF RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT AND ENGINEERING FACILITIES AND TO FOSTER AND SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION AND FABRICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ARTEFACTS OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

Grants received

6 grants · £587,421 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 · £525,820 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £36,241
  • Northern Rock Foundation · £25,360

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £27,2002020-08-24
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £36,2412020-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £365,6002012-03-08
  • Northern Rock Foundation £25,3602007-07-10
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,9002006-05-15
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

10.2y median 12y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

3
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 4

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 3Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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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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£112k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
511961
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 NOVEMBER 1980 AS AMENDED 11TH MARCH 2003
Companies House
Company number 01530579 · Active
Contact on the register
01914161847
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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