# The Friends of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1032933
- **Other names:** KEIGHLEY AND WORTH VALLEY RAILWAY TRUST, The Friends of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Feb. 10, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1032933


## Contact

- **Address:** KEIGHLEY & WORTH VALLEY RAILWAY PRE, RAILWAY STATION, STATION ROAD, HAWORTH, KEIGHLEY
- **Postcode:** BD22 8NJ
- **Phone:** 01535645214
- **Email:** hello@kwvrfriends.org.uk
- **Website:** kwvrfriends.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PRESERVATION RESTORATION MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF SUCH OF THE STRUCTURES BUILDINGS PLANT LOCOMOTIVES ROLLING STOCK AND EQUIPMENT ON OR ADJACENT TO THE RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN KEIGHLEY AND OXENHOPE WEST YORKSHIRE AS ARE OF HISTORIC CULTURAL ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST OR EXHIBIT CRAFTMANSHIP WORTHY OF PRESERVATION.

**Activities:** The trust was formed in 1995 as a means of rasing capital sums for the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. The trust supports the maintenance and protection of the structures, buildings, rolling stock and equipment of the railway by making grants in support of projects recommended by the Preservation Society's governing council.

**Area of benefit:** IN PRACTICE KEIGHLEY AND THE WORTH VALLEY




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Bradford City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £203942 | £220336 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £123008 | £33022 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £32503 | £92732 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £68550 | £12839 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £62069 | £67340 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Mr S Bray** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 3, 2017
- Barry Slater — appointed Aug. 9, 2020
- David Maurice Petyt — appointed Dec. 6, 2018
- Dr Matthew John Stroh — appointed Nov. 19, 2023
- Graham Way — appointed Nov. 7, 2021
- John Hinchcliffe — appointed Nov. 19, 2023
- Katharine Aynge Carlton — appointed July 28, 2019
- MR D HANSON
- MR H CLOUGH
- MR K JONES
- MR N WARD
- MR T ENGLAND
- MRS M JONES — appointed Nov. 16, 2011
- Mr I Purkis — appointed Feb. 1, 2018
- Mrs A Tarran — appointed April 16, 2018
- Paul Seton — appointed Nov. 19, 2023