Eden Valley Railway Trust

Analysis

Eden Valley Railway Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Appleby-In-Westmorland. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03182769). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Eden Valley Railway Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £27k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £17k to £34k (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Eden Valley Railway Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The County Federation of Womens Institutes, Isle of Wight (£34k), The Darlington Railway Preservation Society (£34k) and Stream Walk Trust (£34k).