Avon Valley Railway Heritage Trust

Analysis

Avon Valley Railway Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01454069). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Avon Valley Railway Heritage Trust reported income of £50k and spending of £123k, spending 245% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income fell from £80k to £50k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Avon Valley Railway Heritage Trust 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 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mountsorrel War Memorial Fields (£50k), Buckland Monachorum Village Hall (£50k) and Denaby and Cadeby Miners Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground (£50k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.