MIDDLETON RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED
Registered charity 230387 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MIDDLETON RAILWAY TRUST
Preserving and operating the historic Middleton Colliery Railway, Leeds.
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the Trust met its primary financial objective for 2024 by covering all direct operating costs out of revenue, avoiding the need to draw down on reserves. This result was achieved through careful cost control and better-than-budgeted revenues, despite overall passenger numbers being slightly down on the previous year. The Trust notes that its resources are limited and that future ambitions require external funding and secured tenure.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Santa Specials (32% of income)
“Santa Specials remain the Trust’s single largest source of income and in 2024 accounted for nearly 32% of total income and 36% of trading income” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Middleton Railway Turst (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles 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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (12/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Charles William Milnerchair
- Andrew Johnson
- DAVID JOHN HEBDEN · trustee of 1 other charity
- Geordie Brown
- George Melvyn Jones
- Janet Elizabeth Auckland
- John Brian Holmes
- Mark Adam Calvert
- Matthew Berry
- Philip Calvert
- Richard Geoffrey Pike
- STEVE ROBERTS
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Leeds City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is MIDDLETON RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust met its primary financial objective for 2024 by covering all direct operating costs out of revenue, avoiding the need to draw down on reserves. This result was achieved through careful cost control and better-than-budgeted revenues, despite overall passenger numbers being slightly down on the previous year. The Trust notes that its resources are limited and that future ambitions require external funding and secured tenure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
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