Foxfield Light Railway Society Limited

Analysis

Foxfield Light Railway Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01034972). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Foxfield Light Railway Society Limited reported income of £389k and spending of £434k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £256k to £389k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Foxfield Light Railway Society Limited sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bath Arts Workshop Limited (£389k), Cartoon Art Trust Limited (£389k) and International Friends of the International Lyric Art Festival (£388k).