Derwent Valley Light Railway Society

Analysis

Derwent Valley Light Railway Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Derwent Valley Light Railway Society reported income of £27k and spending of £22k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £27k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Derwent Valley Light Railway Society sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The D W Mitchell Charitable Trust (£27k), Friends of Brandon Wood (£27k) and Totnes Trust (£27k).