Cholsey and Wallingford Railway Preservation Society

Analysis

Cholsey and Wallingford Railway Preservation Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in October 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01927652). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cholsey and Wallingford Railway Preservation Society reported income of £233k and spending of £156k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £131k to £233k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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, Cholsey and Wallingford Railway Preservation Society sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Huguenot Heritage Centre (£232k), The Author's Foundation (£233k) and Kids in Museums (£232k).