THE ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 280918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ISLE OF WIGHT STEAM RAILWAY

Operates a 5 mile heritage steam railway on a part of the former Ryde to Newport railway line.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTION ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT.

Area of benefit: ISLE OF WIGHT

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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Registered contact address: Isle of Wight, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained financial stability with a surplus of £74,851 for the year, supported by unrestricted free reserves of £1,457,024 which exceed the policy target of £1,043,000. The trustees confirmed the group is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future, despite a decline in visitor revenues offset by cost reductions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore (South) LLP. Discloses 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01068690
• Trading subsidiary: IWR TRADING LIMITED Companies House 02769446

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Isle of Wight Railway Company Limited (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• PEVERLEY, Gary — director, appointed 30/08/2025on trustee list
• DAY, Edward Charles — director, appointed 30/08/2025on trustee list
• PARDINGTON, Michelle Joy — director, appointed 29/06/2024on trustee list
• LAIRD, Kenneth — director, appointed 29/06/2024on trustee list
• FLYNN, Mark Ian — director, appointed 02/01/2024on trustee list
• WOODHAMS, John Denis — director, appointed 17/06/2023on trustee list
• FARNBANK, Isaac Matthew — director, appointed 11/06/2022on trustee list
• DEEGAN, Graham Michael — director, appointed 17/07/2021on trustee list
• BARRY, Anthony John — director, appointed 19/05/2018on trustee list
• FELTON, George Nicholas — director, appointed 20/05/2017on trustee list
• SMITH, Malcolm Hyatt — director, appointed 20/05/2017on trustee list
• WHITLAM, Iain Edwin — director, appointed 07/05/2011on trustee list
• OATES, Stephen Michael — directoron trustee list
• WHITLAM, Iain Edwin — secretary, appointed 18/06/2016

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold); recorded price paid £675k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 49.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony John Barry
• Dr Alan Robert Doe
• Edward Charles Day
• Elizabeth Jennifer Simpson
• Gary Peverley
• Graham Michael Deegan
• Iain Edwin Whitlam · trustee of 2 other charities
• Isaac Matthew Farnbank
• Kenneth Laird
• Lindsay Jane McComb
• Mark Ian Flynn
• Michelle Joy Pardington
• STEPHEN MICHAEL OATES · trustee of 1 other charity
• STUART DUDDY
• Sandra Mary Garbett

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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