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 · listed website unreachable when last crawled

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

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Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £3,161,268 and achieved an overall surplus of £419,691 for the year ended 31 December 2023. The trustees report that free unrestricted reserves of £1,134,788 are sufficient to meet the stated policy target of approximately four months' unrestricted expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and reported nothing regarding material uncertainties about going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bright Brown Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER TAYLORchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anthony John Barry
• Edward Charles Day
• GEORGE NICHOLAS FELTON
• Gary Peverley
• Graham Michael Deegan
• Iain Edwin Whitlam · trustee of 2 other charities
• Isaac Matthew Farnbank
• John Denis Woodhams
• Kenneth Laird
• MALCOLM HYATT SMITH
• Mark Ian Flynn
• Michelle Joy Pardington
• STEPHEN MICHAEL OATES · trustee of 1 other charity
• STUART DUDDY

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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