BALA LAKE RAILWAY TRUST

Registered charity 1151841 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance enjoyment, education and learning and to promote regional public benefit through the restoration, maintenance and exhibition by operation steam locomotives, rolling stock and other railway artefacts directly associated with the slate industry of north Wales and in particular those regions of Dinorwic and Penrhyn.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND LEARNING AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE AND EXHIBITION OF STEAM RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND OTHER RAILWAY ARTEFACTS, ESTABLISHING FACILITIES FOR THE SAFE-KEEPING AND EXHIBITION OF THEM AND THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SUCH LOCOMOTIVES AND OTHER RAILWAY ARTEFACTS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SLATE INDUSTRY OF NORTH WALES AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE REGIONS OF DINORWIC AND PENRHYN. IT IS TO ESTABLISH FACILITIES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE SAFE KEEPING AND EXHIBITION OF THEM AND THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION FOR EDUCATION AND LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SUCH LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK AND ASSOCIATED ARTEFACTS OF THE SLATE INDUSTRY.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £37,859, which is above the stated policy minimum of £500. The charity reported a net income increase for the year, supported by grants and donations, while maintaining unrestricted funds sufficient to cover general expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bala Lake Railway Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JULIAN PETER CHARLES BIRLEYchair
• CHRISTINA KENNEDY · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROGER HINE
• SQUADRON LEADER TOBY KENNETH WATKINS

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

Operates in: Gwynedd

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).