Rutland Railway Museum

Analysis

Rutland Railway Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Loughborough. It was registered in July 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 05409096). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rutland Railway Museum reported income of £48k and spending of £11k, leaving 78% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £48k (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Rutland Railway Museum sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Edge Musical Production Organisation (£48k), The Dill Faulkes Educational Trust Limited (£48k) and The Hill 112 Memorial Foundation (£48k).