Royal Scot Locomotive & General Trust

Analysis

Royal Scot Locomotive & General Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford-on-Avon. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06952089). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Royal Scot Locomotive & General Trust reported income of £8.7m and spending of £7.0m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8.6m to £8.7m (+1.9%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Royal Scot Locomotive & General Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust (£8.7m), Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust (£8.9m) and The British Trust for Ornithology (£8.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 58%, donations and legacies 31% and investments 12%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £5.9m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.