Aycliffe and District Bus Preservation Society

Analysis

Aycliffe and District Bus Preservation Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newton Aycliffe. It was registered in August 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Aycliffe and District Bus Preservation Society reported income of £40k and spending of £40k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £45k to £40k (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Aycliffe and District Bus Preservation Society sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Withington Walls (£40k), New Ash Green Village Trust (£40k) and Ninth Heywood (St Michaels) Scout Group (£40k).