Helston Railway Preservation Society

Analysis

Helston Railway Preservation Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Helston Railway Preservation Society reported income of £38k and spending of £35k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £56k to £38k (-31%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Helston Railway Preservation Society sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Biddulph in Bloom (£38k), Malvern Green Space (£38k) and The Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire (£38k).