British Commercial Vehicle Museum Trust

Analysis

British Commercial Vehicle Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leyland. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02475754). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Commercial Vehicle Museum Trust reported income of £188k and spending of £228k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £192k to £188k (-2.4%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, British Commercial Vehicle Museum Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seven Springs Camp (£187k), Wild Survivors (£188k) and Berkhamsted Town Hall Trust (£186k).