In the 2012 Share Offer existing shareholders with small numbers of shares who did not want to increase their shareholding were invited to donate their shares to the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]], which holds 24,435 shares {{As of|2016|06|lc="y"}}.
Other bodies connected with the SVR also maintain shareholdings, for example the [[Stanier 8F Locomotive Society]] hold 23,810 shares {{As of|2016|06|lc="y"}}. At that date the largest private individual's single holding was 390,024 shares.<ref>[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/01046274/filing-histor0y/MzE1NDA5NTI0NmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 history Full list of shareholders at 24 June 2016]</ref>
==Shareholder benefits==