CLEVELAND IRONSTONE MINING MUSEUM
Registered charity 1080246 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Preservation and promotion of the Ironstone Industrial Heritage of East Cleveland through the ironstone mining museum. Preserving. conserving and displaying artefacts, photographs and documents. Providing an interpretative educational experience, collecting relevant social memorabilia and promoting tourism and regeneration of the Skinningrove Valley.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £36,825 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing total funds to £435,180. The trustees maintain free non-designated reserves of £16,268, which they consider sufficient to cover approximately three months of core operating costs. The financial position is monitored regularly, and the trustees confirm adequate resources are available for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months’ core operating costs, (£15,000) (held: £16k)
“In the current economic climate, the Trustees aim to maintain free reserves at a level which equates to approximately three months’ core operating costs, (£15,000).” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- SIMPSON, Jonathan Mark — director, appointed 08/04/2026on trustee list
- TAYLOR, Geoffrey John — director, appointed 25/11/2025on trustee list
- WHITEHEAD, Margaret — director, appointed 21/05/2025on trustee list
- COATES, Martin David — director, appointed 26/07/2024on trustee list
- BALLANTYNE, Andrew — director, appointed 26/07/2024on trustee list
- TWIGG, Christopher — director, appointed 22/07/2020not on trustee list
- HART, Colin — director, appointed 01/01/2016on trustee list
- JAMES, Matthew Edward — secretary, appointed 29/07/2026
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (26/01/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Andrew Ballantyne
- Colin Hart
- Geoffrey John Taylor
- Jonathan Mark Simpson
- Margaret Whitehead · trustee of 2 other charities
- Martin David Coates
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Redcar And Cleveland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CLEVELAND IRONSTONE MINING MUSEUM financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £36,825 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing total funds to £435,180. The trustees maintain free non-designated reserves of £16,268, which they consider sufficient to cover approximately three months of core operating costs. The financial position is monitored regularly, and the trustees confirm adequate resources are available for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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