East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society Limited

Analysis

East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11773904). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society Limited reported income of £76k and spending of £66k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £60k to £76k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 65%. 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, East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society Limited sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Yorkshire Federation of Womens Institutes (£76k), Take Shelter (£76k) and Qing Hua Chinese School Charitable Trust (£76k).