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.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTOR AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTION BY THE RESTORING TO WORKING ORDER, OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE HISTORIC RAILWAY LINE OR ANY PART OR PARTS THEREOF BETWEEN PONTYPOOLAND BLAENAVON IN THE COUNTY OF GWENT AND TO PRESERVE ANY BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES OR AMENITIES NECESSARY TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE CHARACTER AND AMENITIES OF THE SAID RAILLWAY LINE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM)

Area of benefit: PONYPOOL AND BLAENAVON IN THE COUNTY OF GWENT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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.

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
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in 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.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/04/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALEX SPENCER GOURLAY
Christopher Barnes
Gareth Ravenhill
MR ALEX HINSHELWOOD
Michael Annenberg
Robert Potts
Shakira Mahabir · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Monmouthshire · Torfaen

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £200k
CYMDEITHAS RHEILFFORDD ERYRI income £147k
WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED income £1.2m
THE BLUEBELL RAILWAY TRUST income £1.5m
OSWESTRY STATION BUILDING TRUST LIMITED income £337k
VINTAGE TRAINS CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PONTYPOOL AND BLAENAVON RAILWAY COMPANY (1983) LIMITED	£234k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£200k	—	above	—	no doubt
CYMDEITHAS RHEILFFORDD ERYRI FY2024	£147k	—	above	—	no doubt
WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BLUEBELL RAILWAY TRUST FY2022	£1.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OSWESTRY STATION BUILDING TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£337k	—	above	—	no doubt

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