MIDLAND INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS

Registered charity 1177100 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MIDLAND INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS TRUST FUND

THE ADVANCEMENT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST OF THE ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF THE EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE EDUCATION OF THOSE INVOLVED IN SUCH ACTIVITIES AND OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Objects

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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Latest income

£68k

Latest spending

£82k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains a viable organisation with total assets of £1,729,452 and unrestricted reserves (cash at bank) of £105,552. The trustees maintain a specific cash reserve of £10,000 to cover four months of standing payments, indicating a stable liquidity position despite an overall expenditure excess for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months' standing payments (held: £106k)

“A cash balance of £10,000 is maintained in reserve to cover four months’ standing payments.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (02/06/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (02/06/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (02/06/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Adrian Carley FIMMM
Dr Darron W Dixon CEng FIMMM
Gareth Rimmington
Ian Dixon CEng FIMMM
John James Hind CEng FIMMM
John Stuart Walker CEng MIMMM
Paul Anthony Lowery CEng FIMMM
Paul Bradley CEng FIMMM
Peredur Wyn Griffith CEng FIMMM
Peter Hetherington CEng FIMMM
Richard Antony Murrell CEng MIMMM
Richard Severn
STEPHEN JAMES STRAW FIMMM
Simon Leeming
William Tinsley CEng FIMMM

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£68k	£82k
31/07/2024	£65k	£72k
31/07/2023	£64k	£72k
31/07/2022	£55k	£62k
31/07/2021	£49k	£36k

Common questions

Is MIDLAND INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains a viable organisation with total assets of £1,729,452 and unrestricted reserves (cash at bank) of £105,552. The trustees maintain a specific cash reserve of £10,000 to cover four months of standing payments, indicating a stable liquidity position despite an overall expenditure excess for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.