The London Trolleybus Preservation Society Ltd

Analysis

The London Trolleybus Preservation Society Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in March 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01068971). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The London Trolleybus Preservation Society Ltd reported income of £85k and spending of £15k, leaving 83% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £29k to £85k (+199%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 630%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The London Trolleybus Preservation Society Ltd sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% 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 Devon Historic Churches Trust (£85k), Campaign to Protect Rural England, Gloucestershire CIO (£85k) and The Wings Museum Limited (£85k).