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Aston Manor Road Transport Museum Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 519216BirminghamArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£143k2025-03-31
Spending£69ksame year
Spent / received76%5-year average
Size in its cause82nd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1987Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Aston Manor Road Transport Museum Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 1987, 39 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02114878). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Aston Manor Road Transport Museum Limited reported income of £143k and spending of £69k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £85k to £143k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 177%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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, Aston Manor Road Transport Museum Limited sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Market Harborough Drama Society (£143k), Burnley Civic Trust (£143k) and Musical Theatre Stafford (£143k).

Income and spending

£0£36k£72k£107k£143k2021 Income: £85,1592021 Spending: £45,81120212022 Income: £89,0022022 Spending: £60,52520222023 Income: £34,6312023 Spending: £62,74220232024 Income: £51,8132024 Spending: £68,68820242025 Income: £143,3302025 Spending: £68,7072025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

A display of commercial road transport vehicles, mainly buses, together with transport related ephemera, mostly of local interest. Open at weekends and Tuesdays throughout the year, run by volunteers only. Parties can be catered for at other times by advance booking. For educational purposes relevant to pupils studying within key stage 1 & 2. Free bus services run on a limited number of days.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Market Harborough Drama SocietyMarket Harborough£143k
Burnley Civic TrustLancashire£143k
Musical Theatre StaffordStafford£143k
Dean Forest Railway SocietyGloucestershire£143k