Class Forty Preservation Society

Analysis

Class Forty Preservation Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crewe. It was registered in March 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Class Forty Preservation Society reported income of £63k and spending of £42k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £74k to £63k (-14%), an average of -3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Class Forty Preservation Society sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Avon Beekeepers Association (£63k), Friends of Milnrow Parish (£63k) and Anna Plowden Trust (£63k).