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Bridgend Valleys Railway Company Limited

Garw Valley Railway Company Ltd, The Bridgend Valleys Railway Compnay Ltd, Garw Valley Railway

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1113983
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Oct. 13, 2025. Filing history
Registered
May 3, 2006
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
02897214

Address

Address
Bridgend Valleys Railway Co Ltd
Pontycymer Station
Pontycymer
Bridgend
CF32 8AZ

Activities

The aim of the Garw Valley Railway is to recreate for present and future generations a typical South Wales Valley branch line by providing a working railway and Heritage Centre to preserve, display and explain the industrial and social history that made this valley what it was and is today.

Objects: To Advance Public Education By The Restoration, Preservation And Display Of Railway Locomotives, Carriages, Wagons And Other Artefacts Of Historical Interest And Buildings Connected Therewith, In Particular But Not Exclusively Those Connected With The Garw Valley And The Preservation Of Books, Drawings, Records, Documents, Visual And Sound Recordings, Cinematograph Films And Photographs Relating To Such Artefacts And Vehicles, Their History And Development.

Classification

How
Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
Garw Valley
Local Authority
Bridgend

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 Oct. 13, 2025On time £15,793 £12,981
March 31, 2024 Oct. 14, 2024On time £16,431 £12,970
March 31, 2023 May 16, 2024106 days late £18,447 £19,422
March 31, 2022 June 30, 2022On time £12,844 £18,334
March 31, 2021 Jan. 19, 2022On time £30,245 £9,713

Trustees

Name Appointed
Philip Charles Stinton (Chair) Sept. 1, 2020
Andrew Hope Bowdler Sept. 16, 2023
Gareth Richard Haines April 18, 2026
Rev MALCOLM CHARLES STINTON Sept. 22, 2018