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Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1166913SurreyArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£53k2025-12-31
Spending£45ksame year
Spent / received93%5-year average
Size in its cause70th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2016Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08428299). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway Limited reported income of £53k and spending of £45k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £44k to £53k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway Limited sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ragged Edge Productions (£53k), The Charles Causley Trust (£53k) and The Saudi British Society (£53k).

Income and spending

£0£19k£38k£58k£77k2021 Income: £44,3952021 Spending: £29,07020212022 Income: £54,2712022 Spending: £51,70920222023 Income: £48,1252023 Spending: £58,27720232024 Income: £76,7192024 Spending: £73,85320242025 Income: £52,8232025 Spending: £44,6252025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Restoration of historic railway

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Ragged Edge ProductionsKeswick£53k
The Charles Causley TrustLaunceston£53k
The Saudi British SocietyLondon£53k
North Stainley Sport and Recreation TrustNorth Yorkshire£53k