THE PONTYPOOL AND BLAENAVON RAILWAY COMPANY (1983) LIMITED

Registered charity 514809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Railway Company exists to operate the heritage railway including restoration and maintenance of railway diesel and steam locomotives, railway carriages, railway wagons, buildings and infrastructure. This is for the benefit, pleasure and education of members and visitors to the railway.

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Latest income
£234k
Latest spending
£243k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £9,528 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £420,422 to £410,894. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's reserves policy targets sufficient unrestricted funds to cover three months of anticipated expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £411k)
The objective is that unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible assets held by the charity should be sufficient to cover anticipated expenditure on a rolling three month period.
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Monmouthshire · Torfaen

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£234k£243k
31/12/2023£242k£268k
31/12/2022£216k£212k
31/12/2021£272k£190k
31/12/2020£72k£126k

Common questions

Is THE PONTYPOOL AND BLAENAVON RAILWAY COMPANY (1983) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £9,528 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £420,422 to £410,894. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's reserves policy targets sufficient unrestricted funds to cover three months of anticipated expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST1£500

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PONTYPOOL AND BLAENAVON RAILWAY COMPANY (1983) LIMITED£234k0unclearno doubt
CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£200k0aboveno doubt
CYMDEITHAS RHEILFFORDD ERYRI FY2024£147k0aboveno doubt
WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED FY2025£1.2m0aboveno doubt
THE BLUEBELL RAILWAY TRUST FY2022£1.5m0unclearno doubt
OSWESTRY STATION BUILDING TRUST LIMITED FY2025£337k0aboveno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.