Ribble Vehicle Preservation Trust Limited

Analysis

Ribble Vehicle Preservation Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in March 1999, 27 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 03417427). It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ribble Vehicle Preservation Trust Limited reported income of £66k and spending of £59k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £72k to £66k (-7.9%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Ribble Vehicle Preservation Trust Limited sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Development Education in Dorset (Deed) (£66k), The Farmers' Club Charitable Trust (£67k) and UK Architects Declare (£66k).