NORTH EAST AREA MINERS' SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST FUND
Promotion of health, the relief of poverty, advancement of training and social and recreational activities, provision of convalescence for the relief of sickness of beneficiaries.
Objects
FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION IN THE COUNTIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND, DURHAM AND TYNE AND WEAR AS THE COUNCIL OF THE ORGANISATION MAY AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE WELFARE COMMITTEE DETERMINE
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1.850m at the end of the financial year, an increase from £1.819m the previous year. The trustees report that the charity has adequate reserves to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and identified no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Conflicting interests
- 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
- Risk management
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023
- Grant-making is its main activity
Trustees
- David Andersonchair
- IAN LAVERY
- John Dunn
- Stephen Guy
- Stephen Musgrove
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/09/2025 | £64k | £126k |
| 30/09/2024 | £57k | £58k |
| 30/09/2023 | £67k | £627k |
| 30/09/2022 | £58k | £36k |
| 30/09/2021 | £54k | £37k |
Common questions
Is NORTH EAST AREA MINERS' SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST FUND financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1.850m at the end of the financial year, an increase from £1.819m the previous year. The trustees report that the charity has adequate reserves to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and identified no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| LOCAL TRUST | 1 | £871k |
| THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY | 1 | £4k |
| SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £2k |
| SOUTH WALES MINERS WELFARE TRUST FUND SCHEME | 1 | £1k |
Charities like this
- NOTTINGHAMSHIRE MINERS WELFARE TRUST FUND SCHEME
- CEFN FFOREST MINERS' WELFARE HALL
- MOSBOROUGH MINERS' WELFARE TRUST
- GROUNDWORK NORTH EAST
- NEWSTEAD COLLIERY MINERS' WELFARE TRUST
- MARKHAM MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH EAST AREA MINERS' SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST FUND | £64k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| NOTTINGHAMSHIRE MINERS WELFARE TRUST FUND SCHEME | £141k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CEFN FFOREST MINERS' WELFARE HALL | £91k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| MOSBOROUGH MINERS' WELFARE TRUST | £100k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| GROUNDWORK NORTH EAST | £8.2m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| NEWSTEAD COLLIERY MINERS' WELFARE TRUST | £189k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |