WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY LIMITED

Registered charity 1039817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WELSH HIGHLAND LIGHT RAILWAY (1964) LIMITED, WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY, WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY (PORTHMADOG), WHR

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.

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: GWYNEDD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £66,402 for the year, with unrestricted reserves totaling £1,757,484. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to meet its operational needs for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. However, the core railway operations ran at a deficit of £52,586, which was offset by donations and other income.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00790125 · Financial health read from its filings
• Trading subsidiary: CWMNI RHEILFFORDD BEDDGELERT CYFYNGEDIG Companies House 02712938 · Financial health read from its filings

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Prism Funding — “Receiver of Prism Funding” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CUTMORE, Nicholas John — director, appointed 22/06/2026on trustee list
• WRAY, Alex George — director, appointed 13/09/2025not on trustee list
• JONES, Myles Oliver Stephen — director, appointed 13/09/2025not on trustee list
• MANN, Oliver Samuel — director, appointed 11/11/2023on trustee list
• PELL, Nick — director, appointed 28/07/2018not on trustee list
• CHAPMAN, Michael Mattocks — director, appointed 01/08/2015on trustee list
• CURRINN, Stephen George Wentworth — director, appointed 24/07/2010not on trustee list
• SINCLAIR, Richard Alexander — director, appointed 27/05/2000on trustee list
• MENZIES, Robert — secretary, appointed 03/02/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Mattocks Chapman
• Nicholas John Cutmore
• Nicholas Pell
• Oliver Samuel Mann
• Richard Alexander Sinclair
• STEPHEN GEORGE WENTWORTH CURRIN

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gwynedd

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CYMDEITHAS RHEILFFORDD ERYRI.

• CYMDEITHAS RHEILFFORDD ERYRI income £147k
• WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED income £1.2m
• VALE OF RHEIDOL RAILWAY LIMITED income £2.1m
• THE FFESTINIOG AND WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAYS TRUST (YMDDIRIEDOLAETH RHEILFFYRDD FFESTINIOG AC ERYRI) income £11.9m
• THE PONTYPOOL AND BLAENAVON RAILWAY COMPANY (1983) LIMITED income £234k
• CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £200k

Side by side with its peers

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