NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY TRUST

Active
Company number 01036704Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 1971

Key figures

£17,584,581+1.1%
Net assets 2025/26
+1.1%
Average annual growth 2024/25–2025/26
05 m10 m15 m20 m2024/252025/26

† NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY TRUST filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Like most small UK companies, NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY TRUST does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 85520

Where the company stands among the 7,120 active companies whose first SIC code is 85520 (Cultural education).

Net assets£17,584,581
Higher than 99% · median £2,013
Total assets£22,528,330
Higher than 99% · median £8,969
Cash£1,727,204
Higher than 98% · median £5,896
Employees130
Higher than 99% · median 0
Company age54.9 years
Older than 99% · median 4.0 years
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  5. NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY TRUST£17.6m
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Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 7,120. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY TRUST

What kind of company is it?

NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY TRUST is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 01036704. It was incorporated on 31 Dec 1971. Its status is active. The registered office is in North yorks (YO18). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is cultural education (85520), archives activities (91012), museums activities (91020), operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions (91030).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 28 Feb 2026); the company files group accounts. Net assets were £17,584,581, up 1.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £1,727,204. Total assets were £22,528,330 and total liabilities £3,824,564. The company had an average of 130 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024/25–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 7,120 active companies whose first SIC code is 85520: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £2,013). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £8,969). By cash it ranks higher than 98% of them (median £5,896). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 0). It is older than 99% of them (median age 4.0 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants worth £3.1m, mainly from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

What do public registers and reports show?

It is a registered charity (number 501388) with a latest reported income of £9.1m.

Who runs and controls the company?

5 of 7 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Nov 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 28 Apr 2027.

Filed accounts2024/25–2025/26
2024/25 †2025/26 †
Cash at bank and in hand1,023,3861,727,204
Total assets21,621,42922,528,330
Total liabilities3,105,4383,824,564
Net assets / total equity17,392,70717,584,581
Average number of employees140130

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

5 grants

NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY TRUST is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants since 2020, together worth £3.1m.

Funders
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
3 grants · £2.6m
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
2 grants · £500k
Grants
  1. National Portfolio OrganisationsDepartment for Culture, Media & Sport · £250,000
  2. National Portfolio OrganisationsDepartment for Culture, Media & Sport · £250,000
  3. Yorkshire’s Magnificent Journey:- equal access, wider engagement, greater sustainability for England’s most dramatic steam railway (KickstartGIA2020)Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £148,050 · ALB - National Heritage Memorial Fund - Heritage Capital Kickstart Fund 2020-21
  4. Onwards on Yorkshire's Magnificent JourneyDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,904,902 · Culture Recovery Fund: Arts Recovery (ACE)
  5. Onwards on Yorkshire's Magnificent JourneyDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £578,000 · Culture Recovery Fund: Arts Recovery (ACE)

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

Registered charityNo. 501388
Registered with the Charity Commission
14 Feb 1972
Income, year to 28 Feb 2026
£9.1m
Spending
£8.9m

A living museum providing educational experiences of operating UK railway heritage, preservation and access to historic steam and diesel locomotives, carriages, structures, artefacts and archives, with the welfare benefits of volunteering opportunities and conservation of its species rich lineside…

View on the register of charities

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

History

5 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: net assets £17.6m, 130 employees
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £17.4m, 140 employees
  3. Name changed to NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY TRUSTPreviously NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED
  4. Name changed to NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY TRUST LIMITEDPreviously NORTH YORK MOORS HISTORICAL RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED
  5. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by guarantee

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.