THE NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 1203380 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YR AMGUEDDFA RHEILFFYRDD BACH CUL

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY SECURING THE PRESERVATION,RESTORATION, IMPROVEMENT, MAINTENANCE, RECORDING AND OPERATION OF FEATURESAND OBJECTS OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, SCIENTIFIC, SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL INTERESTRELATING TO NARROW GAUGE RAILWAYS (BEING RAILWAYS HAVING A GAUGE BETWEEN THERAILS OF LESS THAN 1432 MILLIMETRES) INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MUSEUMS ANDVISITOR

Objects

1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:I. TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF NARROW GAUGE RAILWAYS (BEING RAILWAYS HAVING A GAUGE BETWEEN THE RAILS OF LESS THAN 1432 MILLIMETRES) AND THEIR IMPACT ON SOCIETY PAST AND PRESENT;II. THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF A MUSEUM FOR THE DISPLAY OF OBJECTS RELATED TO NARROW GAUGE RAILWAYS AND THE SHARING OF HERITAGE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON, USED AND ENJOYED THOSE RAILWAYS THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS, AND PROJECTS;III. THE MAKING OF GRANTS TO PROMOTE THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO SUBJECT TO SUCH CONDITIONS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY LAY DOWN.

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 the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £61,091.19, supported by a cash balance of £82,557.94, indicating a stable financial position. The trustees report that normal net receipts were in line with the previous year, reflecting overall stability despite the transfer of operations to the CIO. The museum relies on volunteers and has no paid staff, with expenditure primarily focused on collection maintenance and insurance reserves.

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 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Narrow Gauge Railway Museum (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• CHARLES KEITH THEOBALDchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alexander Robert Hando
• Dr John Dominic Olsen PhD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Robert Morgan
• Dr Shirley Atkinson SFHEA
• Frank Richard Nolan · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN PHILIP EVANS · trustee of 1 other charity
• MALCOLM PHILLIPS · trustee of 2 other charities
• MRFS XXX BD BSc
• William Apps

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

Operates in: Gwynedd

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STATFOLD NARROW GAUGE MUSEUM TRUST LTD.

• STATFOLD NARROW GAUGE MUSEUM TRUST LTD income £3.2m
• PHYLLIS RAMPTON NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY TRUST income £2.3m
• WESTERN LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £191k
• CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £200k
• KEMPTON GREAT ENGINES TRUST LIMITED income £154k
• THE GREAT WESTERN TRUST income £413k

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