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The East Anglia Transport Museum Society Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 268204SuffolkArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£318k2025-12-31
Spending£229ksame year
Spent / received74%5-year average
Size in its cause89th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1974Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The East Anglia Transport Museum Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in September 1974, 52 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 company (Companies House number 01171938). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The East Anglia Transport Museum Society Limited reported income of £318k and spending of £229k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £318k to £318k (-0.1%), an average of +-0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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 East Anglia Transport Museum Society Limited sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bingley Little Theatre (£318k), Alexander Whitley Dance Company (£318k) and The Dronfield Heritage Trust (£316k).

Income and spending

£0£111k£223k£334k£446k2021 Income: £318,2672021 Spending: £240,26320212022 Income: £445,8212022 Spending: £395,67220222023 Income: £291,0732023 Spending: £156,87820232024 Income: £272,8032024 Spending: £196,18620242025 Income: £318,0292025 Spending: £228,6852025
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In the charity's own words

Operating transport museum established for the benefit of the nation to promote permanent preservation of transport vehicles and equipment and items of general transport interest of actual or potential historic or scientic importance and educative value.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Bingley Little TheatreBingley£318k
Alexander Whitley Dance CompanyIpswich£318k
The Dronfield Heritage TrustDronfield£316k
The Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust Ltd.Dorset£319k