Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway Trust

Analysis

Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aberystwyth. It was registered in July 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides other finance and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway Trust reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.6m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.3m (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 480%. Over the whole period it spent 40% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foodcycle (£2.3m), Bell House Dulwich (£2.3m) and Rewilding Britain (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51%, trading 28%, investments 13% and donations and legacies 8.2%. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 18%. It employed 33 people.