NENTHEAD MINES CONSERVATION SOCIETY

Registered charity 1166281 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NMCS

We aim to Educate people about mining at Nenthead and in the North Pennines by researching, restoring, maintaining, owning and exploring the historic and natural features relating to mining,quarrying and smelting. We guide people into an old lead and zinc mine, carry out maintenance of the ancient monument, hold an archive of documents and have a collection of mining artefacts.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT MINING, QUARRYING AND SMELTING AT NENTHEAD AND IN THE NORTH PENNINES BY(A) RESEARCHING, RESTORING, MAINTAINING, OWNING AND EXPLORING THE HISTORIC AND NATURAL FEATURES RELATING TO MINING, QUARRYING AND SMELTING AT NENTHEAD AND ADJACENT MINING AREAS;(B) ENCOURAGING AND ADVOCATING THE CONSERVATION OF THE REMAINS OF THE MINING, QUARRYING AND SMELTING INDUSTRIES; AND CONSERVATION OF THE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND LEVEL;(C) UNDERTAKING ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECTS,(D) RECORDING AND ARCHIVING INFORMATION, AND(E) SHARING AVAILABLE INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a surplus for the year of £14,127.07, with total income of £49,567.69 and total expenditure of £35,440.62. The trustees have earmarked £15,098 as a Contingency Reserve, which exceeds the stated candidate reserve for the next financial year. The charity relies heavily on external grants and volunteer labor to deliver its conservation and educational objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Hopkirk
• Anne Hopkirk
• Lloyd Briggs
• Marie Claire Graf
• NICK GREEN
• Peter Jackson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Robert Allan Richardson
• Robert Geoffrey Wilson
• Rosemary Vidler

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Durham · Northumberland

Income and spending

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