North Eastern Railway Association

Analysis

North Eastern Railway Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Darlington. It was registered in November 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, North Eastern Railway Association reported income of £43k and spending of £39k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £42k to £43k (+0.8%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, North Eastern Railway Association sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hayling Musical Society (£43k), 1st Lickey Scout Group (£43k) and Hyde War Memorial Trust (Lower Higham Farm) (£43k).