South Yorkshire Transport Museum Ltd

Analysis

South Yorkshire Transport Museum Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03105760). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, South Yorkshire Transport Museum Ltd reported income of £108k and spending of £144k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £92k to £108k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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, South Yorkshire Transport Museum Ltd sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Workington Heritage Group Ltd (£108k), The Empire Theatre (Merseyside) Trust Limited (£108k) and Cockerham Parish Hall (£108k).

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.