The Locomotive Conservation and Learning Trust

Analysis

The Locomotive Conservation and Learning Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Locomotive Conservation and Learning Trust reported income of £235k and spending of £256k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £21k to £235k (+1021%), an average of +83% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 1007%. Over the whole period it spent 153% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Locomotive Conservation and Learning Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aviation Environment Trust (£235k), Ecoactive (£235k) and Saiga Conservation Alliance (£234k).