Chasewater Light Railway and Museum Company

Analysis

Chasewater Light Railway and Museum Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in February 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02060988). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Chasewater Light Railway and Museum Company reported income of £518k and spending of £446k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £231k to £518k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Chasewater Light Railway and Museum Company sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wright's Clock Land CIO (£516k), Birds of Poole Harbour (£518k) and The Stowe House Preservation Trust (£515k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, investments 6.0%, trading 4.3% and donations and legacies 2.9%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 19 people.