The Tramway & Light Railway Society

Analysis

The Tramway & Light Railway Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in March 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Tramway & Light Railway Society reported income of £20k and spending of £20k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £25k to £20k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Tramway & Light Railway Society sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wroxton Abbey Charitable Trust (£20k), Whitgift School Parents Association (£20k) and Friends of Trinity St Peter's School Association (£20k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.