The South Yorkshire Railway Company Limited

Analysis

The South Yorkshire Railway Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in January 1990, 36 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 02342203). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The South Yorkshire Railway Company Limited reported income of £17k and spending of £17k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £26k to £17k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The South Yorkshire Railway Company Limited sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Winchcombe Green Town (£17k), The Sawday Trust (£17k) and The Bythams Woodland Trust (£17k).

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.