The Heritage Electric Trains Trust

Analysis

The Heritage Electric Trains Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Enfield. It was registered in April 2019, 7 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 advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Heritage Electric Trains Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £6,093, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9,741 to £26k (+172%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 63% 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, The Heritage Electric Trains Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hackney Festival Chorus (£26k), The Anglo-Norse Society in London (£26k) and The William Walton Trust (£26k).