Tanat Valley Light Railway Company Limited

Analysis

Tanat Valley Light Railway Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04666170). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Tanat Valley Light Railway Company Limited reported income of £22k and spending of £34k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £191k to £22k (-88%), an average of -41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Tanat Valley Light Railway Company Limited sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rowhill Nature Reserve Society (£22k), The Percy Sladen Memorial Fund (£22k) and Friends of Great Missenden Parish Church (£22k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.