Governing document North Yorkshire Moors Railway Trust
Charity number: 501388
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Governing document
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/12/1971
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/02/1973
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/06/1990
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/05/1996
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/01/1998
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/05/1998
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/05/2002
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/06/2009
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/03/2012
AS 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
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.
Area of benefit
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