YORKSHIRE DALES RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

Registered charity 1116386 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YORKSHIRE DALES RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST

OPERATES WORKING STEAM RAILWAY MUSEUM

Objects

(3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THE RAILWAYS OF BRITAIN IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY:(3.1) RESTORING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING THE RAILWAY ALONGSIDE A MUSEUM ON LAND FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THE SKIPTON AND ILKLEY RAILWAY OF 1888, THE YORKSHIRE DALES RAILWAY OF 1902, AND LATTERLY BY BRITISH RAILWAYS, OR PARTS THEREOF;(3.2) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A MUSEUM FOR ITEMS OF HISTORIC RAILWAY INTEREST AND THE PERMANENT DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION OF THE MUSEUM'S EXHIBITS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;(3.3) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY PARTICULARLY WITH REFERENCE` TO THE RAILWAYS.

Area of benefit: LAND FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THE SKIPTON AND ILKLEY RAILWAY, THE YORKSHIRE DALES RAILWAY, AND BY BRITISH RAILWAYS, OR PARTS THEREOF.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held no free unrestricted reserves at year-end, with unrestricted funds of £1,150,822 entirely represented by fixed assets not readily available for expenditure. The trustees are actively monitoring cash flow and seeking to build up unrestricted reserves through future events, while noting that reserves policy targets have not been maintained throughout the year. Despite a disclaimer of opinion on the financial statements due to fixed asset record-keeping issues, the trustees maintain a going concern basis with sufficient resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Walkers Accountants Limited. 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel James Fergusonchair
• John Nicholas Beesley
• Malcolm Brian Harrison
• Michael David Edwards · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael John Ball
• NEIL HUBBS
• ROBERT SHAW

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with North Yorkshire Moors Railway Trust.

• North Yorkshire Moors Railway Trust income £9.8m
• VALE OF RHEIDOL RAILWAY LIMITED income £2.1m
• STATFOLD NARROW GAUGE MUSEUM TRUST LTD income £3.2m
• KEIGHLEY & WORTH VALLEY RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY LIMITED income £4.2m
• SOUTH YORKSHIRE TRANSPORT MUSEUM LTD income £108k
• CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £200k

Side by side with its peers

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