Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society

Analysis

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleethorpes. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society reported income of £191k and spending of £102k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £126k to £191k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gissing Children's Centre - a Community Pre-School (£190k), 'signals' Essex Media Centre Ltd (£191k) and Chesham Grammar School Fund (£190k).