Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
All male board: -3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 1

BRIDGEND VALLEYS RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

The aim of the Garw Valley Railway is to recreate for present and future generations a typical South Wales Valley branch line by providing a working railway and Heritage Centre to preserve, display and explain the industrial and social history that made this valley what it was and is today.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/03/23	*	£18	£19	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£13	£18	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/21		£30	£10	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20		£7	£13	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19	*	£8	£16	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£24	£22	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£12	£19	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£21	£10	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£13	£16	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£13	£22	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£3	£20	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£16	£26	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£5	£7	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£29	£24	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£59	£42	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£65	£88	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£59	£10	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years
(30 years as a company)

http://www.garwvalleyrailway.co.uk

enquiries@garwvalleyrailway.co.uk

07814573696

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Bridgend,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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 Community Fund - Community Path Maintenance
£10,000	15/10/2017 12	Community Path Maintenance

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-77

ANDREW HOPE BOWDLER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired Teacher

CHRISTOPHER JOHN BERRY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

PHILIP CHARLES STINTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Self-Employed Musician

REV MALCOLM CHARLES STINTON (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/05/2006, number: 1113983
Registered at Companies House on 11/02/1994, number: 02897214

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR23: 106 days late, AR19: 2 days late, AR11: 613 days late, AR10: 978 days late, AR08: 232 days late, AR07: 519 days late,

Main office

Bridgend Valleys Railway Co Ltd
Pontycymer Station
Pontycymer
BRIDGEND
CF32 8AZ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS AND OTHER ARTEFACTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND BUILDINGS CONNECTED THEREWITH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE CONNECTED WITH THE GARW VALLEY AND THE PRESERVATION OF BOOKS, DRAWINGS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, VISUAL AND SOUND RECORDINGS, CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO SUCH ARTEFACTS AND VEHICLES, THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GARW VALLEY

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