Ravenglass Railway Museum Trust

Analysis

Ravenglass Railway Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kendal. It was registered in June 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ravenglass Railway Museum Trust reported income of £41k and spending of £55k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £80k to £41k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 136% 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, Ravenglass Railway Museum Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir (£41k), Earls Colne and Halstead Educational Charity (£41k) and Robert Windle Foundation (£41k).

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.