KING EDWARD MINE CIO

Registered charity 1149801 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KING EDWARD MINE LTD, NO

King Edward Mine is a Cornish tin mine site, now a museum, one of only two complete sites left in the world. There is working machinery to demonstrate the processing of ore to tin concentrate, a shop, cafe and 22 acres to explore. The site has been run by volunteers since in 1987. The site is open to visitors from April until Sept each year, see www.kingedwardmine.co.uk for information.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE(1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF MINING AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL SITES IN CORNWALL WHICH ARE OF HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL INTEREST IN PARTICULAR THE KING EDWARD MINE(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND A MUSEUM RELATING TO THE MINING INDUSTRY(3) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF THE CAMBORNE AND REDRUTH MINING DISTRICT (WORLD HERITAGE SITE AREA A5) AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity does not have reserves, though it maintains a contingency fund for anticipated backdated energy bills. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient funds to maintain this reserve in the next financial year. The site's operation depends heavily on volunteers and visitor income, with the trustees noting that without visitor income the site would be at risk.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Carol Elizabeth Richards
• David Ager
• Eileen Loughlin
• John Ashley McDonnell
• John Graham Sowell
• Jon Mason
• Maureen Gilbert
• PETER SHEPPARD · trustee of 2 other charities
• Peter John Snodgrass
• William David Trevena · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cornwall

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Government & lottery funding

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