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EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1190609 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELRPS, ELRPS LTD

The preservation of the ex-British Railways branch line between Rawtenstall and Castleton Junction via Bury together with locomotives, rolling stock and buildings.

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Latest income
£76k
Latest spending
£66k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £124,451 at year-end, with unrestricted reserves of £115,458 and a strong cash position of £239,805. The trustees consider the financial position to be sound and appropriate to support the Society’s charitable objectives, noting adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Member subscriptions and sponsorships (74% of income)
“Member subscriptions and sponsorships 56,389”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity has no related parties in a corporate legal sense but is linked, in its charitable aims, with the operating company of the ELR, the East Lancashire Light Railway Company Limited (ELLRCo).
“The charity has no related parties in a corporate legal sense but is linked, in its charitable aims, with the operating company of the ELR, the East Lancashire Light Railway Company Limited (ELLRCo). There was no overlap of trustees between the ELRPS and the ELLRCo.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bury

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£76k£66k
31/12/2024£56k£53k
31/12/2023£99k£45k
31/12/2022£60k£27k
31/12/2021£60k£28k

Common questions

Is EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £124,451 at year-end, with unrestricted reserves of £115,458 and a strong cash position of £239,805. The trustees consider the financial position to be sound and appropriate to support the Society’s charitable objectives, noting adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/02/2005£735"East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society In Lancashire Have Been Awarded A Grant To Enable Them To Commemorate The 60th Anniversary Of T"