Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway Company Limited

To advance the education of the public in the history and development of railway locomotion by the re-establishment and preservation in working order of such sections of the historic railway line between Llanelli and Tumble which comprises the former Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway (formerly the Carmarthenshire tramway or railway) as the company considers expedient.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Carmarthenshire

Area of benefit in its governing document: Sections of the Historic Railway Line Between Llanelli and Tumble Which Comprises the Former Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 April 2025, it had income of £200,170 and spent £139,568.

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Income over time

Up 1,536%, from £12,233 in the year to 30 April 2021 to £200,170 in the year to 30 April 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 70% of its income in the year to 30 April 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 30 April 2025: £119,977 from 2 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

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Funders that publish to 360Giving list 4 grants to this charity since 2004, worth at least £76,791.

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Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

• 23 March 2023, Carmarthenshire

  Named in a decision of Cabinet Member for Deputy Leader and Regeneration, Leisure, Culture and Tourism

  FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE FOLLOWING GRANT FUNDS: TARGETED FINANCE FUND

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3 trustees run the charity.

• Mark William Wendell THOMASChairAppointed 13 March 2021
• James Caradog Davies-JonesAppointed 11 January 2026
• Maria del Pilar Val LouredaAppointed 6 April 2018

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 3 arrived by the deadline.

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Charity number

1087985

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

13 August 2001

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/04/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/07/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/03/2012 as amended on 23 Oct 2021 as amended on 08 Dec 2024 as amended on 08 Dec 2024 as amended on 08 Dec 2024 as amended on 19 Apr 2025

Company number

03753219This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.llanellirailway.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Carmarthenshire

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: council records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Carmarthenshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Carmarthenshire's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Sir Gaerfyrddin