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Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway Company Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1087985DyfedEnvironment and conservation
Income£200k2025-04-30
Spending£140ksame year
Spent / received81%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered2001Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dyfed. It was registered in August 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03753219). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway Company Limited reported income of £200k and spending of £140k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £12k to £200k (+1536%), an average of +101% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 532%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway Company Limited sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 5th Exmouth Sea Scout Group (£200k), Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Association Limited (£200k) and Cabmen's Shelter Fund (£199k).

Income and spending

£0£50k£100k£150k£200k2021 Income: £12,2332021 Spending: £17,17920212022 Income: £77,2732022 Spending: £38,36820222023 Income: £65,6052023 Spending: £65,84020232024 Income: £46,7022024 Spending: £63,38020242025 Income: £200,1702025 Spending: £139,5682025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To advance the education of the public in the history and development of railway locomotion by the re-establishment and preservation in working order of such sections of the historic railway line between Llanelli and Tumble which comprises the former Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway (formerly the Carmarthenshire tramway or railway) as the company considers expedient.

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