The Eastern Counties Bus Preservation Group

Analysis

The Eastern Counties Bus Preservation Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thirsk. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Eastern Counties Bus Preservation Group reported income of £89k and spending of £74k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £4,828 to £89k (+1740%), an average of +107% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 311%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Eastern Counties Bus Preservation Group 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 Gilbert Hannam Education Foundation (£89k), Wiltshire Young Musicians (£89k) and Little Fishes Pre-School (Brackley) (£89k).