Lavender Line Preservation Society

Analysis

Lavender Line Preservation Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Uckfield. It was registered in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Lavender Line Preservation Society reported income of £19k and spending of £22k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £16k to £19k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Lavender Line Preservation Society sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Church and Causeway Estate Charity (£19k), The Friends of St Mary's Redbourn (£19k) and The Surrey Historic Buildings Trust Limited (£19k).