Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Co. Limited

Analysis

Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Co. Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Welshpool. It was registered in September 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00646238). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Co. Limited reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.0m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £1.2m (-18%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Co. Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oriel Davies Gallery (£1.2m), Carolina Trust (£1.2m) and Motionhouse (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 45%, charitable activities 35%, trading 17% and investments 3.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £97k. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.