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Dean Forest Locomotive Group

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1164847GloucestershireEnvironment and conservation
Income£117k2025-12-31
Spending£77ksame year
Spent / received84%5-year average
Size in its cause80th pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Dean Forest Locomotive Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in December 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 and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dean Forest Locomotive Group reported income of £117k and spending of £77k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £76k to £117k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Dean Forest Locomotive Group sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Class 37 Locomotive Group (£116k), Clan Trust Limited (£118k) and Association of Friends of Bristol University Botanic Garden (£116k).

Income and spending

£0£29k£59k£88k£117k2021 Income: £75,5852021 Spending: £61,69720212022 Income: £79,8162022 Spending: £95,46320222023 Income: £108,2732023 Spending: £101,90620232024 Income: £111,7502024 Spending: £80,54220242025 Income: £117,1392025 Spending: £76,6172025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

INCORPORATED AS A CIO ON THE 14 DECEMBER 2015 TO TAKE OVER THE WORK ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF AN UNINCORPORATED GROUP OF THE SAME NAME.THE CIO HAS CONTINUED TO PRESERVE, RESTORE, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ITS LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK FOR PUBLIC OPERATION AND EDUCATION, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE INVOLVED.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Class 37 Locomotive GroupChelmsford£116k
Clan Trust LimitedNorfolk£118k
Association of Friends of Bristol University Botanic GardenBristol£116k
Campaign to Protect Rural England, Sussex Branch CIOUckfield£118k