North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group

Analysis

North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in February 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02570979). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group reported income of £226k and spending of £232k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £155k to £226k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Curlew Action (£226k), The Guide Association Greater London West (£227k) and Agroforestry Research Trust (£225k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.