The Friends of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Analysis

The Friends of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Keighley. It was registered in February 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Friends of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway reported income of £204k and spending of £220k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £62k to £204k (+229%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 278%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Friends of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The West Sussex Countryside Studies Trust (£204k), Polden Puckham Charitable Foundation (£204k) and Gerald Arthur Rolph Foundation for Historic Preservation and Education (£203k).