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THE ASHOVER LIGHT RAILWAY SOCIETY

Company no. 06877968 · PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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THE ASHOVER LIGHT RAILWAY SOCIETY is an active 17-year-old company, with accounts filed and up to date and no outstanding charges or mortgages registered. No adverse signals found on the public record.

Risk indicatorsNo adverse signals found
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
No outstanding charges or mortgages registered
Established — 17+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ years
StatusActive
Company number06877968
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated15 Apr 2009 · 17 yrs
Registered officeNormanhurst, Ashford Road, Bakewell, DE45 1GL
Nature of business85520 - Cultural education
Next accounts due31 Oct 2026
Confirmation statement due29 Apr 2027

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
1129958
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
3 Jun 2009
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£6,383 · year to 31 Jan 2026
Latest expenditure
£4,338

What THE ASHOVER LIGHT RAILWAY SOCIETY does

To acquire preserve and restore for the public benefit items of historical, architectural, engineering or scientific value in connection with narrow-gauge railways in general and The Ashover Light Railway in particular, and to restore and then operate a section or sections of that railway.

Charitable objects and activities as declared by the charity to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
31 Jan 2026 £6,383 £4,338 £2,045
31 Jan 2025 £3,479 £3,741 −£262
31 Jan 2024 £3,197 £11,619 −£8,422
31 Jan 2023 £13,319 £13,582 −£263
31 Jan 2022 £8,606 £16,655 −£8,049

Figures as filed in the charity's annual returns to the Charity Commission — last 5 reported years. Net is income less expenditure; a negative figure means the charity spent more than it received that year.

Trustees (9)

ALEXANDER PEAT
Trustee · appointed 1 Jan 2026
ANDREW EYRE
Trustee · appointed 12 Nov 2013
Christian Peat
Trustee · appointed 1 Jan 2026
Christopher Goodwin
Trustee · appointed 11 May 2019
JONATHAN KEITH GREEN
Trustee
LUKE RENSHAW
Trustee · appointed 1 Jan 2026
Michael James LAWTON
Trustee · appointed 9 May 2015
RUSSELL PRINCE
Trustee
STEPHEN ALFRED WESTBURY
Trustee · appointed 9 May 2015

Trustees as recorded on the Charity Commission register. For a charitable company the trustees are normally also its Companies House directors, so this list and the Directors & officers list below should broadly agree — a large discrepancy is worth asking about.

Filed accounts — year to 31 Jan 2026

FigureAmountvs 2025
Fixed assets £53,991 ▼ -10%
Current assets £16,857 ▼ -4%
Creditors £0 ▼ -100%
Net current assets £16,857 ▼ -3%
Total assets less current liabilities £70,848 ▼ -8%
Net assets £70,848 ▼ -8%
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Figures taken directly from the accounts THE ASHOVER LIGHT RAILWAY SOCIETY filed at Companies House for the financial year ending 31 Jan 2026, read from the machine-readable (iXBRL) tags in the filing itself. Smaller companies may file abridged accounts, so not every figure above will be present for every business. Always check the full filing before relying on these numbers.

Directors & officers

EYRE, Andrew
Director · appointed 12 Nov 2013 · British
GOODMAN, Christopher
Director · appointed 11 May 2019 · English
GREEN, Jonathan Keith
Director · appointed 15 Apr 2009 · British
LAWTON, Michael James
Director · appointed 9 May 2015 · English
PEAT, Alexander
Director · appointed 13 Jun 2023 · British
RENSHAW, Luke
Director · appointed 1 Dec 2024 · British
WESTBURY, Stephen Alfred
Director · appointed 9 May 2015 · English

Ownership & control (PSC)

Statement filed — no individual PSC named
Persons with significant control statement
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Jan 2025
Next accounts due31 Oct 2026
Confirmation statementUp to date
Last statement15 Apr 2026
Next statement due29 Apr 2027
Accounts typeMicro-entity

Filing position at Companies House. A company keeping accounts and its confirmation statement up to date is a basic sign of good order; anything overdue is worth a question.

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