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SWINDON AND CRICKLADE RAILWAY

Registered charity 1067447 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SACR, SWINDON AND CRICKLADE RAILWAY SOCIETY

A railway preservation trust. Preserving part of the Former Midland & South Western Junction Railway. Using appropriate locomotives and rolling stock.

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Latest income
£301k
Latest spending
£230k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that overall income was slightly higher than budgeted while core expenditure remained below expectations, resulting in only a marginal fall in overall margin despite high operational costs. The trustees attribute this stability to prudent financial management and careful budgeting, noting that the charity continues to deliver its programme of work effectively.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DERRICK NEWMAN LIMITED. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2024)

Total income
£946k
Total spending
£258k
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~58.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£301k£230k
31/01/2024£946k£258k
31/01/2023£250k£187k
31/01/2022£229k£127k
31/01/2021£112k£81k

Common questions

Is SWINDON AND CRICKLADE RAILWAY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that overall income was slightly higher than budgeted while core expenditure remained below expectations, resulting in only a marginal fall in overall margin despite high operational costs. The trustees attribute this stability to prudent financial management and careful budgeting, noting that the charity continues to deliver its programme of work effectively. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DERRICK NEWMAN LIMITED.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2005£4kLocal Wartime Weekend

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST1£68k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUST1£11k
M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£10k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)1£9k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST1£8k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST1£3k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SWINDON AND CRICKLADE RAILWAY£301k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY FY2025£297k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST FY2024£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt
MIDDLETON RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED FY2024£157k—0unclear—no doubt
WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST LTD FY2024£3.0m—0unclear—no doubt
CHINNOR AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£200k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.