Workington Transport Heritage Trust

Analysis

Workington Transport Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Workington. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04767337). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Workington Transport Heritage Trust reported income of £243k and spending of £245k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £90k to £243k (+171%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Workington Transport Heritage Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum (£242k), Ecological Continuity Trust (£244k) and Weavers Triangle Trust (£241k).