Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society Limited

Analysis

Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chesterfield. It was registered in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 03374025). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society Limited reported income of £113k and spending of £173k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £175k to £113k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society Limited 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 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sir Max Aitken Museum (£113k), Sherwood Community Association CIO (£113k) and The King Johns House and Tudor Cottage Trust Limited (£112k).

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.