The Cardiff Transport Preservation Group

Analysis

The Cardiff Transport Preservation Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Caerphilly. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Cardiff Transport Preservation Group reported income of £101k and spending of £77k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £101k to £101k (-0.3%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Cardiff Transport Preservation Group sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% 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 Cambrian Heritage Railways Limited (£101k), The Cambridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust (£102k) and Daws Hall Trust (£101k).