WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY LIMITED

Charity number: 1039817
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Welsh Highland Railway Ltd operates a narrow gauge steam railway in Porthmadog in order to revive and preserve the spirit of the original railway that closed in 1937. The charity owns, maintains and operates Russell, the sole surviving steam engine from the original railway, now over 100 years old, together with other heritage rolling stock and artefacts. A new museum building opened in 2009.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £157,402
Total expenditure: £142,716

People

8 Trustee(s)

30 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Gwynedd

Governance

Registration history:
  • 28 July 1994: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY (Working name)
  • WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY (PORTHMADOG) (Working name)
  • WHR (Working name)
  • WELSH HIGHLAND LIGHT RAILWAY (1964) LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
GRAHAM FARR Chair
THE GELERT TRUST
Received: On time
Nicholas John Cutmore Trustee 11 November 2023
None on record
Oliver Samuel Mann Trustee 11 November 2023
None on record
Nicholas Pell Trustee 28 July 2018
None on record
Mark Christopher Herbert Trustee 28 July 2018
None on record
Michael Mattocks Chapman Trustee 01 August 2015
None on record
STEPHEN GEORGE WENTWORTH CURRIN Trustee
None on record
Richard Alexander Sinclair Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £234.53k £84.48k £114.97k £187.17k £157.40k
Total expenditure £98.17k £95.20k £74.78k £128.89k £142.72k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £27.50k £17.50k £4.00k N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 30 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 30 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 31 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 31 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 31 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 31 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 31 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 31 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 30 JANUARY 1964 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 1 MAY 1994 AND AMENDED 25 JULY 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 26 JUNE 2004 as amended on 28 Jul 2007

Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS CONCERNING RAILWAYS AND (B) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OPERATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING LIFE

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

GWYNEDD

Contact information

Address:
Welsh Highland Railway Ltd
The Station Building
PORTHMADOG
LL49 9DY
Phone:
01766 513402
Email:
admin@whr.co.uk
Website:

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