The Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society Ltd

Analysis

The Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04374320). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society Ltd reported income of £10k and spending of £35k, spending 346% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £11k to £10k (-6.7%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 208%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society Ltd sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Harting Church Endowment Fund (£10k), The Friends of St Michael's North Cadbury (£10k) and Wolverhampton South District Scouts (£10k).