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CYMDEITHAS RHEILFFORDD ERYRI

Registered charity 1094938 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY SOCIETY

To encourage and to promote public interest in the Caernarfon to Porthmadog Railway (including the former Welsh Highland Railway) generally and in its history, restoration, operation, railway locomotives and rolling stock, machinery and equipment of historical and general interest relating thereto

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Latest income
£147k
Latest spending
£173k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £36,776 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds of £499,296. The trustees confirm that the charity is able to continue in operational existence and have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: an adequate reserve so as to enable it to discharge its charitable objectives, meet its ongoing day to day requirements, and maintain general funds to meet its obligations for committed WHR projects (held: £465k)
“The Society's policy is to maintain an adequate reserve so as to enable it to discharge its charitable objectives, meet its ongoing day to day requirements, and maintain general funds to meet its obligations for committed WHR projects.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £218k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gwynedd

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£147k£173k
31/12/2024£177k£141k
31/12/2023£139k£156k
31/12/2022£212k£287k
31/12/2021£144k£267k

Common questions

Is CYMDEITHAS RHEILFFORDD ERYRI financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £36,776 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds of £499,296. The trustees confirm that the charity is able to continue in operational existence and have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CYMDEITHAS RHEILFFORDD ERYRI£147k—0above—no doubt
CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£200k—0above—no doubt
THE FFESTINIOG AND WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAYS TRUST (YMDDIRIEDOLAETH RHEILFFYRDD FFESTINIOG AC ERYRI) FY2025£11.9m—0unclear—no doubt
THE PONTYPOOL AND BLAENAVON RAILWAY COMPANY (1983) LIMITED FY2024£234k—0unclear—no doubt
WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY LIMITED FY2024£234k—0unclear—no doubt
WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.