The Aln Valley Railway Trust

Analysis

The Aln Valley Railway Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in July 1997, 29 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 03319861). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Aln Valley Railway Trust reported income of £419k and spending of £219k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £153k to £419k (+174%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 60% 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, The Aln Valley Railway Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Argentine Tango Society (£419k), Contemporary Applied Arts (£421k) and The Household Cavalry Museum Trust Limited (£419k).