WHITEHAVEN SOCIAL WELFARE SCHEME

Registered charity 512317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHITEHAVEN MINERS CLUB, WHITEHAVEN SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE

Provide facilities and open space for general use of the public and members.ieGrass outdoor Bowling Facility.Youth and Senior Football Pitches and showers.Pigeon Transport Storage Facility.Pond fishery and green walk facility.NHS Pulominary Rehabilition facility.Local Storage Areas for business and council use.Tenancy Facility.General Social Club Facilitysupport ex miners

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE PROVISION OF A WELFARE CENTRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS (AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SUCH OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AS ARE MEMBERS OF THE MINING COMMUNITY) OF THE AOB WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: COPELAND, CUMBRIA

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £1,446 for the year, increasing total unrestricted funds to £120,963. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a sound financial position supported by trading income and holds reserves significantly above its stated policy target of three months' running costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• MELVYN MORTONchair
• Debra McNally
• Joseph James Moore
• Patrick Anthony Salmon
• Stephen Paul McNally

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRAWLEY DOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION.

• CRAWLEY DOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION income £126k
• RYCROFT LEISURE income £340k
• THE ABBEYFIELD WHITEHAVEN SOCIETY LIMITED income £301k
• STAKEFORD AND BOMARSUND MINER'S WELFARE SCHEME income £108k
• THE HAVEN COMMUNITY PROJECT income £180k
• LEIGH MINERS WELFARE INSTITUTE income £151k

Side by side with its peers

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