Staffordshire Narrow Gauge Railway Ltd

Analysis

Staffordshire Narrow Gauge Railway Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02147443). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Staffordshire Narrow Gauge Railway Ltd reported income of £63k and spending of £64k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £46k to £63k (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Staffordshire Narrow Gauge Railway Ltd sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wirral Environmental Network (£63k), Anna Plowden Trust (£63k) and Still Good Food (£63k).

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.