THE KENT MINING HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1165403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Educate the public on the mining heritage of Kent and in old and new forms of energy production. Establish and maintain a museum on the former colliery site at Betteshanger, Kent. Provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or leisure with the object of improving their conditions of life.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE MINING HERITAGE OF KENT AND IN OLD AND NEW FORMS OF ENERGY, IN PARTICULAR GREEN ENERGY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM ON THE FORMER COLLIERY SITE AT BETTESHANGER, KENT.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £47,973 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £106,809. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence, relying on the continuation of National Lottery Heritage Grant funding. The charity's stated reserves policy is to hold reserves equivalent to six months of general expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Kent Mining Museum (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neil McCollumchair
• Colin Varrall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Donna Law
• Emma Cowens
• Huw Evans
• JAMES IDWAL DAVIES
• James Crews
• Miranda Chapman
• Paul Hathaway · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Manion

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NATIONAL COAL MINING MUSEUM FOR ENGLAND TRUST LTD.

• NATIONAL COAL MINING MUSEUM FOR ENGLAND TRUST LTD income £4.4m
• THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m
• PEAK DISTRICT MINES HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £197k
• THE FRIENDS OF KENT CHURCHES income £223k
• KENT RELIANCE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £339k
• THE HISTORIC ENGLAND FOUNDATION income £361k

Side by side with its peers

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