The Corris Railway Society

Promoting public interest in the Corris Railway and the area it served through operation of the Corris Railway Museum, researching and publishing historical information on the railway and district, and supporting the revival of the railway.

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

In Wales

• Powys
• Gwynedd

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £170,041 and spent £205,092.

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 26%, from £135,385 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £170,041 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 121% of its income in the year to 31 December 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 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.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £27,100, awarded in 2012.

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.

6 trustees run the charity.

• Richard William Hamilton-FoynChairAppointed 28 October 2013
• David Keith Coleman
• Graeme David JolleyAppointed 25 October 2014
• Patrick Jonathon JolleyAppointed 28 October 2013
• Richard Charles ShipmanAppointed 28 October 2013
• Richard Stuart Greenhough

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

506908

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

9 November 1977

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11 MAY 1968 AMENDED 22 OCTOBER 1977. AS AMENDED 27 OCTOBER 2001. AS AMENDED 30 OCTOBER 2004. as amended on 02 Feb 2026

Website

www.corris.co.ukAs 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 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

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