Industrial Railway Society

Analysis

Industrial Railway Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Industrial Railway Society reported income of £90k and spending of £89k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £84k to £90k (+7.4%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Industrial Railway Society 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 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jonathan Billing Charitable Trust (£90k), The Fertility Foundation (£92k) and The J R S S T Charitable Trust (£89k).