The Midland Railway Society

Analysis

The Midland Railway Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Midland Railway Society reported income of £31k and spending of £39k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £34k to £31k (-8.5%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Midland Railway Society sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cheltenham Arts Council (£31k), Colchester Choral Society (£31k) and Scarisbrick Hall Trust (£31k).

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.