Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Trust

Analysis

Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in January 1998, 28 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Trust reported income of £43k and spending of £4,390, leaving 90% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £17k to £43k (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2026, when income rose by 315%. Over the whole period it spent 17% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Mount Edgcumbe Country Park (£43k), Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust (£44k) and London in Bloom (£43k).