Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 6

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -3
Large legacies income: +1
Reasonable growth: +1

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED

To advance the education of the public in the history and development of railway locomotion by the preservation of railway locomotives and/or rolling stock and/or historic railway lines

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
This charity has a robust balance sheet
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,996,420 available, equivalent to 38 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£1,215	£953	£262	£141	£3,190	£2,996	37.7	8	250
31/12/21	£1,512	£926	£586	£0	£2,961	£2,767	35.9	5	250
31/12/20	£587	£558	£29	£0	£2,340	£2,169	46.7	6	250
31/12/19	£711	£733	£-23	£0	£2,294	£2,129	34.8	6	260
31/12/18	£1,114	£618	£496	£0	£2,268	£2,089	40.6	6	200
31/12/17	£596	£742	£-145	£0	£1,791	£1,659	26.8	5	0
31/12/16	£588	£563	£25	£0	£1,919	£1,753	37.4	4	0
31/12/15	£720	£527	£193	£7	£1,875	£1,804	41.1	3	0
31/12/14	£479	£595	£-116	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£479	£595	£-116	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£476	£585	£-109	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£494	£574	£-80	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10?	£513	£602	£-89	£132	£1,984	£1,913	38.2	6	0
30/11/09	£722	£580	£142	£135	£2,054	£1,961	40.6	6	0
30/11/08	£504	£478	£26	£127	£1,903	£1,774	44.6	6	0
30/11/07	£496	£490	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/06	£849	£234	£615	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/05	£288	£261	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/04	£280	£318	£-39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 14.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 37.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 18 months
Quick Ratio: 2.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 34 years
(64 years as a company)

www.wllr.org.uk

info@wllr.org.uk

01938810441

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

8 employees
250 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
£31,800	19/03/2021	NL20: Community & Connections: Broadening the WLLR community through volunteering and learning.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
£7,800	16/11/2020	#15 Discovering the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Co Ltd
£35,200	20/05/2020	COVID19: Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Co Ltd
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Co Ltd
£22,800	24/03/2017	The African Train

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 56-80

RYK PARKINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

ANNE-MARIE WRIGHT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: SHIRLEY'S BONE AND FLINT MILL VOLUNTEERS,

HELEN MARGARET ASHBY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Museum Advisor, Other trusteeships: 1ST ACOMB (YORK) BOYS' BRIGADE, THE FRIENDS OF THE SIERRA LEONE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM,

JOHN FORMAN Appointed: 1995, Occupation: Retail Specialist

PROFESSOR IAIN SINCLAIR MCLEAN, Occupation: Professor Of Politics

PETER ANTHONY GREEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor

ROBERT ANDREW MASON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Finance Director

SIMON JOHN BOWDEN Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Project Manager

ANDREW GEORGE CHARMAN Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Journalist, Other trusteeship: CLOVERLANDS MODEL CAR MUSEUM,

DAVID RICHARD JONES Appointed: 1992, Occupation: Farmer, Other trusteeship: HANES CELTICA CYF,

MR STEVE CLEWS (Chair), Occupation: Head Of Engineering, Other trusteeships: THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL SOCIETY LIMITED, HERITAGE RAIL CHARITABLE TRUST,

ROBERT ANDREW ROBINSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Clerk To Local Council, Other trusteeship: WELSHPOOL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/09/1990, number: 1000378
Registered at Companies House on 04/01/1960, number: 00646238

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
Llanfair Station
Pool Road,Llanfair Caereinion
WELSHPOOL
Powys
SY21 0SF

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTION BY THE PRESERVATION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND/OR ROLLING STOCK AND/OR HISTORIC RAILWAY LINES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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