Vale Of Rheidol Railway Limited

Country: England & Wales
Charity number: 1076037
Status: Registered
Registered: June 16, 1999
Legal form: Charitable company
Area of benefit: Ceredigion (Old County Cardiganshire)

Address

Address: Vale Of Rheidol Railway
Park Avenue
ABERYSTWYTH
Dyfed
SY23 1PG

Contact

Phone: 01970625819
Website: rheidolrailway.co.uk

Activities

The principal activity is operation of a narrow guage railway line as a working museum.

Objects: “(i) To advance the education of the public and to promote research (including the publication of the useful results of such research) in matters concerning narrow gauge railways including, but not limited to, the narrow gauge railway in the County of Cardigan and which extends from Aberystwyth to Devils Bridge and is known as the Vale of Rheidol Railway and of other railways or tramways which are or may be worked or operated in conjunction or connection therewith and (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) matters concerning the history, buildings, tramways, rolling stock, machinery and equipment, the historical operation, the restoration and the current operation of the Vale of Rheidol Railway; (ii) For the public benefit to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for the recreation and other leisure time operation in the interest of social welfare and with the object of improving conditions of life including, but not limited to, the provision of facilities connected with the Vale of Rheidol Railway, its restoration, maintenance and operation and facilities for pedestrian access to the countryside through which the Vale of Rheidol runs; and(iii) The establishment maintenance and support of museums or other institutions partly or wholly devoted to the preservation and public display of railway equipment and relics of historic educational or operational interest.”

Classification

How: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
What: Environment/conservation/heritage
Who: The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority: Ceredigion

Finances

Period end	Income	Expenditure	Assets	Employees
Dec. 31, 2024	£2,064,740	£1,931,271	£15,407,717	35
Dec. 31, 2023	£2,371,692	£1,871,092	£13,607,246	37
Dec. 31, 2022	£11,136,279	£1,306,685	£13,254,096	40
Dec. 31, 2021	£1,634,355	£824,817	£3,424,503	40
Dec. 31, 2020	£348,126	£487,578	—	—

Trustees

Name	Appointed
Dr Clive Richard Higgs	Sept. 1, 2016
Jonathan Nichol McKie	June 6, 2025
Philip John Neville Ellis
Patrick Keef	July 28, 2023

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