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South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £297k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Cumbria, Northumberland
Website
www.south-tynedale-railway.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£297k£203k
  • 2024£184k£238k
  • 2023£151k£160k
Earlier years
  • 2022£137k£282k
  • 2021£164k£429k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT STEAM AND OTHER RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL INTEREST. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3(1) (A) TO (X).

Grants received

17 grants · £6,186,656 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 · £5,514,175 (7 grants)
  • Power to Change Trust · £504,110 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £117,400 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £50,000 (5 grants)
  • Cumbria Community Foundation · £971

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £33,1002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £84,3002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,4002020-06-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002018-11-29
  • Cumbria Community Foundation £9712018-04-11
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.

6 trustees on the board

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 6Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Transport 4Arts and leisure 1

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£297k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
514939
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 SEP 1984, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS 6 NOV 1993, 7 NOV 1998 AND 6 NOV 2010.
Companies House
Company number 01850832 · Active
Contact on the register
01434382828 · enquiries@south-tynedale-railway.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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