The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society

Analysis

The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society reported income of £86k and spending of £86k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £90k to £86k (-3.4%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Laurence Sterne Trust (£86k), Allsorts Pre-School Playgroup Bollington (£86k) and Moulton Preschool (£86k).