British Trolleybus Society

Analysis

British Trolleybus Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gwynedd. It was registered in February 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, British Trolleybus Society reported income of £98k and spending of £49k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £106k to £98k (-7.5%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 61% 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, British Trolleybus Society sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Criterion Theatre Limited (£98k), New Virtuosi Charitable Trust (£99k) and The Royal Society of Portrait Painters (£98k).