The North Wales Coast Light Railway Limited

The charity operates in the village of Fairbourne Gwynedd where, through its operating company, Fairbourne Railway Steam Limited, it runs a narrow gauge preserved steam railway, which includes an historical museum. The charity also manages a large recreational area, the majority of which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. There is free access to all public areas.

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

In Wales

• Gwynedd

Area of benefit in its governing document: Gwynedd

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £250,002 and spent £242,645.

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

Up 10%, from £227,810 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £250,002 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 97% of its income in the year to 31 December 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 31 December 2025: Not reported. 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.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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.

• Dr Cledwyn DaviesAppointed 6 July 2016
• Dr Stephen HobbsAppointed 6 July 2016
• Graham BillingtonAppointed 30 June 2024

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, 5 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

1127261

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

23 December 2008

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 MARCH 200718 DECEMBER 2008

Company number

06167523This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.fairbournerailway.comAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Gwynedd

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 18 April 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• Search for charity 1127261 on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: Gwynedd Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Gwynedd's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Gwynedd Maldwyn
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Bangor Conwy Môn