Wensleydale Railway Trust
Registered charity 1088324 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION (TRUST) LIMITED, WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED · listed website unreachable when last crawled
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity's total funds increased to £1,341,818, with unrestricted reserves standing at £1,254,071. The trustees report that invested reserves of around £50,000 are sufficient to maintain the Trust through any short-term problem, and the charity has no debts. The going concern basis is adopted based on the expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Our invested reserves remain at around £50,000, which is sufficient to maintain the Trust through any short-term problem.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wensleydale Railway Association (Trust) Ltd (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2020)
Reported reserves equal ~22.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Trustees
- Alex Dudiak
- Christopher David John Williams
- DAVID WALKER
- John Ralph Smithson
- Neil Stuart Guest
- Phillip Harrison
- Richard James Holt
- Richard Thomas Leathley
- Wendy Jane Shepherd
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cumbria · North Yorkshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Wensleydale Railway Trust financially healthy?
The accounts state that the charity's total funds increased to £1,341,818, with unrestricted reserves standing at £1,254,071. The trustees report that invested reserves of around £50,000 are sufficient to maintain the Trust through any short-term problem, and the charity has no debts. The going concern basis is adopted based on the expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Wensleydale Railway Trust?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Wensleydale Railway Trust as a grant recipient include THE DERBYSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST LIMITED.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Friends of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.