Ribble Steam Railway Limited

Analysis

Ribble Steam Railway Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in February 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01112380). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ribble Steam Railway Limited reported income of £220k and spending of £267k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £404k to £220k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Ribble Steam Railway Limited sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Masham Town Hall Community Charity (£219k), The Leather Conservation Centre Limited (£220k) and The Cumbria Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (£219k).