Bodmin Railway Heritage Trust

Analysis

Bodmin Railway Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in February 1988, 38 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 02197956). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Bodmin Railway Heritage Trust reported income of £105k and spending of £254k, spending 241% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2020 to January 2025, income grew from £48k to £105k (+121%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 156%. Over the whole period it spent 332% 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, Bodmin Railway Heritage Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music UK (£105k), Chads Theatre Company (£105k) and The Staffordshire County Federation of Womens Institutes (£105k).

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.