Amman Valley Railway Society

Preserving the industrial and railway heritage of the amman valley, and to promote and encourage their useage for the benefit and education of the communities it serves and the general public

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

In Wales

• Carmarthenshire
• Neath Port Talbot
• City of Swansea

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined in Practice Carmarthenshire, Neath and Port Talbot.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £1,608 and spent £2,301.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Down 93%, from £23,392 in the year to 28 February 2021 to £1,608 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 143% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 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 31 March 2022: £6,000 from 2 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £11,200, awarded in 2009.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

3 trustees run the charity.

• Carl RichardsAppointed 14 December 2018
• David Wayne ErasmusAppointed 1 April 2025
• Dr Thomas Adrian SheppardAppointed 14 December 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, 4 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1119598

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

11 June 2007

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 MAY 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 2 MAY 2007.

Company number

05828438This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.avrsonline.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.

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

• OpenCouncil: Carmarthenshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Carmarthenshire's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Sir Gaerfyrddin