SALTMINE TRUST

Registered charity 1038007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SALTMINE, TRAILBLAZERS

1. Theatre In Education: productions/workshops in primary & secondary schools that support the RE Curriculum, and also address social issues e.g. knife crime, internet safety.2. Theatre in communities, churches and national theatres.3. Partnerships with national organisations, telling historic stories of their founders & development e.g. YMCA, Mothers' Union.4. Video/media services.

Objects

I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH;II) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY; ANDIII) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dudley, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small surplus of £4,438 and positive cash flow, reversing the previous year's deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £186,432, which is above the stated policy target of three months' core operating costs. The charity maintains a stable financial position with healthy cash reserves despite rising operational costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DJH Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DANIEL PARKESchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ADRIAN KEITH WATSON
• IAIN GLENNIE MARTIN
• Judith Moore
• Lesley Allison Cheesman · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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