LANCASHIRE MINING MUSEUM CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

Registered charity 513511 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LANCASHIRE MINING MUSEUM LIMITED, THE RED ROSE STEAM SOCIETY LIMITED

The Red Rose Steam Society Ltd. now trading as the Lancashire Mining Museum is a registered charity and a registered museum. It has the last mining headgear in the Lancashire Coalfield ands the largest winding engine in Europe - both are on the at risk register of listed buildings.. The Society continues to foster the love of industrial heritage particularly amongst young people

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Latest income
£100k
Latest spending
£101k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of -£687 and a net deficit after tax of -£10,577 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £134,930 to £124,353. Despite the deficit, the trustees report that the overall turnover grew to £100,438 and the museum has secured significant grant funding for future development projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£100k£101k
30/06/2024£138k£122k
30/06/2023£169k£141k
30/06/2022£155k£139k
30/06/2021£123k£70k

Common questions

Is LANCASHIRE MINING MUSEUM CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of -£687 and a net deficit after tax of -£10,577 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £134,930 to £124,353. Despite the deficit, the trustees report that the overall turnover grew to £100,438 and the museum has secured significant grant funding for future development projects. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/07/2025£199k"Safeguarding heritage at the Lancashire Mining Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/05/2003£5k"The Award Will Enable The Group To Purchase And Restore A Unique Mining Locomotive Designed By Metropolitan Vickers In Manchester And Worked"

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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.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LANCASHIRE MINING MUSEUM CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION£100k0unclearno doubt
NATIONAL COAL MINING MUSEUM FOR ENGLAND TRUST LTD FY2025£4.4maboveno doubt
COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF LANCASHIRE FY2024£738kbelowno doubt
NORTHUMBERLAND AGED MINEWORKERS' HOMES ASSOCIATION FY2024£1.5m£60,001 - £70,000belowno doubt
KEMPTON GREAT ENGINES TRUST LIMITED FY2025£154k0aboveno doubt
MUSEUM OF POWER FY2025£429k0unclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.