Poppleton Community Railway Nursery

Analysis

Poppleton Community Railway Nursery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06211163). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Poppleton Community Railway Nursery reported income of £16k and spending of £21k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £16k to £16k (+3.3%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Poppleton Community Railway Nursery sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 5 H Centre (£16k), The Tezmae Charitable Trust (£16k) and The Murray Wells Homfray Trust (£16k).