Welsh Railway Trust

The restoration of Welsh railway artefacts for the education and enjoyment of the public.

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

In Wales

• Throughout Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: South Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £183,591 and spent £110,670.

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 41%, from £130,102 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £183,591 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 60% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 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.

These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.

Only funding the accounts name with an amount is included. Most charities also have income from donations, fees and trading that is not listed by funder, so this is part of its income.

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.

8 trustees run the charity.

• Anthony SmithAppointed 13 July 2019
• David CrudgeAppointed 1 August 2016
• Dewi Thomas JonesAppointed 1 August 2019
• Dr Ian David MorrisAppointed 1 August 2019
• Dyfan Edward ReesAppointed 23 May 2024
• James William Kemmis BuckleyAppointed 1 September 2019
• Mattew Issac BowenAppointed 1 August 2019
• Robert PhillipsAppointed 21 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, 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

519531

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

30 November 1987

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 MARCH 1975 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 5 NOVEMBER 1987 as amended on 31 Mar 2021

Company number

01204259This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.welshrailwaytrust.walesAs 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.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• Its accounts and annual returns on the 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