The Tramcar Sponsorship Organisation

Analysis

The Tramcar Sponsorship Organisation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigan. It was registered in February 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Tramcar Sponsorship Organisation reported income of £55k and spending of £157k, spending 287% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £42k to £55k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Tramcar Sponsorship Organisation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wendover Arm Trust (£55k), The Friends of Bushy and Home Parks (£55k) and Bedfordshire Bee Keepers Association (£55k).