Bridgend Valleys Railway Company Limited

Analysis

Bridgend Valleys Railway Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgend. It was registered in May 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02897214). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bridgend Valleys Railway Company Limited reported income of £16k and spending of £13k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £30k to £16k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bridgend Valleys Railway Company Limited sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harlequin Chamber Choir (£16k), South Oxfordshire Choir (£16k) and Public Hall Bunbury (£16k).