NATIONAL COAL MINING MUSEUM FOR ENGLAND TRUST LTD

Registered charity 517325 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YORKSHIRE MINING MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

To collect, preserve, display and interpret whatever relates to the coal industry in England and to enable others to gain an insight into the mining industry and the life of mining communities

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £145,680 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net deficit of £106,078 after investment gains and tax credits. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £2,357,580, which is above the minimum policy requirement of £1,334,137, and the trustees confirm sufficient reserves exist to operate for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BHP LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Coal Mining Museum for England (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (68% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 16.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip Edward John Marshallchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALEXANDER JAMES ROBERT LYNCH
• David Wilkin · trustee of 2 other charities
• James Andrew Wilson
• Lily Hosking
• Pamela Susan Thiedeman
• Patrick Matthew Carragher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Denton
• Susan Jane Wilkinson · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COAL INDUSTRY SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANISATION.

• THE COAL INDUSTRY SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANISATION income £1.4m
• LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED income £19.9m
• THE KENT MINING HERITAGE FOUNDATION income £192k
• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE MINERS WELFARE TRUST FUND SCHEME income £155k
• PEAK DISTRICT MINES HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £197k
• REDHILLS CIO income £4.3m

Side by side with its peers

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