Slough and Windsor Railway Society

Analysis

Slough and Windsor Railway Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06978074). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Slough and Windsor Railway Society reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,950 to £15k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 765%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Slough and Windsor Railway Society sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spalding and District Civic Society (£15k), Friends of Pittville (£15k) and The Friends of St Thomas of Canterbury, East Clandon (£15k).

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.