Registered charity 1204583

The New Glyn Valley Tramway & Industrial Heritage Trust

What it does

We are a membership charity preserving the heritage and telling the stories of the Glyn Valley Tramway and the industries it once served in the Ceiriog Valley.Our museum is located in Glyn Ceiriog, northeast Wales, established in the tramway's former engine shed and on the adjacent station yard and nearby coal wharf.

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

Its charitable purposes

THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED UPON THE CENTRAL PRINCIPLES OF FACTUAL ACCURACY, HISTORICAL AUTHENTICITY, EDUCATIONAL VALIDITY AND PRESENTATIONAL QUALITY WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTSA) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND TO PROMOTE A WIDER UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF, THE FORMER GLYN VALLEY TRAMWAY (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE TRAMWAY") AND THE INDUSTRIES WHICH IT SERVED IN THE CEIRIOG VALLEY (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT")B) TO SEEK OUT, RECORD AND CATALOGUE EQUIPMENT, ARTEFACTS, DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER MEMORABILIA OF THE TRAMWAY AND THE ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND, WHERE POSSIBLE, TO ACQUIRE, MAINTAIN, RESTORE AND CONSERVE THE SAME AND TO PLACE SUCH MATERIAL ON PUBLIC DISPLAY AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, TO ACQUIRE AND RESTORE FORMER TRAMWAY, INDUSTRIAL AND HISTORIC PROPERTY AND INFRASTRUCTUREC) TO ENCOURAGE ON THE PART OF THE CEIRIOG VALLEY COMMUNITY, AND PARTICULARLY AMONG ITS YOUNGER MEMBERS, GREATER RECOGNITION OF, AND PRIDE IN, THE SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Arts, culture, heritage and science
Who it helps: The general public
How it works: Other charitable activities

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Wrexham

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £9,144 and spent £8,174.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£9,144	£8,174	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2024	£16,140	£9,649	Not reported	10

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.

Financial position

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 43%, from £16,140 in the year to 31 March 2024 to £9,144 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 89% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 2 years shown.

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

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2024: £1,200 from 1 grant. 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.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

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.

Trustees

7 trustees run the charity.

Keith Bernard RobertsChairAppointed 28 January 2017
Edward Charles MoreAppointed 22 September 2023
Eunice Kathleen RobertsAppointed 28 January 2017
Linda Joy HughesAppointed 28 January 2017
Malcolm Robert Arthur DraperAppointed 28 January 2017
Norman Geoffrey StainthorpAppointed 22 February 2019
Pauline Imelda MaynardAppointed 28 January 2017

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

Filing record

Of the last 2 annual returns that were due, 2 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 24 December 2025, 38 days early	Not required
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 23 January 2025, 8 days early	Not required

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.

About this charity

Charity number: 1204583
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 5 September 2023
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 MAR 2009AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20 MAY 2010 as amended on 19 Sept 2026
Company number: 06854246This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
Website: www.thenewglynvalleytramway.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Wrexham

Sources

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, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

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Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£9,144

£8,174

Not reported

31 March 2024

£16,140

£9,649

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 24 December 2025, 38 days early

Not required

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 23 January 2025, 8 days early

Not required