The Railway Mission

Analysis

The Railway Mission is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rugby. It was registered in February 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06519565). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Railway Mission reported income of £635k and spending of £673k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £639k to £635k (-0.6%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Railway Mission sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The United Sikh Association Guru Gobind Singh Gudwara (£635k), Immanuel Church Brentwood (£636k) and The Society for Distributing Hebrew Scriptures (£634k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%, donations and legacies 10%, trading 3.2% and investments 3.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £21k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.3%. Reserves of £713k would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.

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.