# THE WEARDALE RAILWAY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1088897
- **Other names:** THE WEARDALE RAILWAY TRUST LTD
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 12, 2001
- **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=1088897


## Contact

- **Address:** The Weardale Railway Trust, Stanhope Station, Station Road, Stanhope, BISHOP AUCKLAND
- **Postcode:** DL13 2YS
- **Phone:** 07719 757755
- **Email:** info@weardale-railway.org.uk
- **Website:** www.weardale-railway.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING, RESTORING AND PRESERVING BUILDINGS AND LAND OF THE RAILWAY AND OTHER ARTEFACTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND BUILDINGS CONNECTED THEREWITH AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO RESTORE THE RAIL LINK BETWEEN SIGNAL NUMBER S36 COCKTON HILL BRIDGE BISHOP AUCKLAND AND WEARHEAD IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESERVING OF BOOKS, DRAWINGS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, SOUND AND VISUAL RECORDINGS, CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO SUCH LAND AND ARTEFACTS THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT

**Activities:** The members of Weardale Railway Trust support the educational activities, operation and preservation of the railway infrastructure and rolling stock on the railway line which operates between Stanhope and Bishop Auckland in County Durham.

**Area of benefit:** COUNTY DURHAM




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Durham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 2025 | £27645 | £42676 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2024 | £22213 | £18202 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2023 | £26633 | £21982 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2022 | £28891 | £32903 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2021 | £66253 | £37117 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ANTHONY SLACK — appointed April 4, 2013
- Dr David Smith — appointed Oct. 14, 2024
- Dr MICHAEL RICHARD DUNCAN WOOD
- Dr Peter Hoare — appointed Nov. 11, 2024
- Dr Robert John Dingle — appointed Aug. 20, 2018
- GERALD CHRISTOPHER MUDD
- Jean Clarke — appointed July 17, 2019
- John Harold Askwith — appointed March 14, 2020
- Kevin Kimber — appointed March 9, 2026
- Mark Woodhams — appointed Nov. 30, 2015
- Thomas John Hatton — appointed Oct. 2, 2021