Railway Vehicle Preservations Limited

Analysis

Railway Vehicle Preservations Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in December 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01408829). It says it provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Railway Vehicle Preservations Limited reported income of £41k and spending of £24k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £12k to £41k (+253%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Railway Vehicle Preservations Limited sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amazon Charitable Trust (£41k), Hackney Tree People (£41k) and The Amlwch Industrial Heritage Trust Limited (£40k).