Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway Limited

Analysis

Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitstable. It was registered in July 1996, 30 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 01036616). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway Limited reported income of £80k and spending of £112k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £91k to £80k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway Limited sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sheffield Countryside Conservation Trust (£80k), Dr M E Bradshaw's Teesdale Special Flora Research & Conservation Trust (£81k) and Moortown West Community Association (£80k).