STAVELEY MINERS WELFARE CENTRE

Registered charity 520522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STAVELEY (MINERS' WELFARE) INSTITUTE AND RECREATION GROUND, STAVELEY MINERS WELFARE, STAVELY (MINERS' WELFARE) INSTITUTE AND RECREATION GROUND

We provide facilities for the members of the centre to partake in the purchase of alcohol and be entertained in various ways in the main club itself. We also provide satellite sites for the use of football and cricket and are home to fishing clubs, snooker clubs,organ society's and an over 60s club.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF A MINERS WELFARE CENTRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF INHABITANTS (AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SUCH OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AS ARE MEMBERS OF THE MINING COMMUNITY) OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITH DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: THE PARISH OR PLACE OF STAVELEY.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chesterfield, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£50k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £12,572 for the year, driven by significant repairs and maintenance costs. Total reserves stood at £1,085,049, comprising £843,253 in fixed assets and £241,796 in net current assets, with £182,623 available as unrestricted funds. The trustees expressed satisfaction with the results and noted that reserves are maintained to cover 12 months of administration and support costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of anticipated administration and support costs (reserves figure: £183k)
“It is the policy of the trustees to maintain unrestricted funds which are the free reserves of the charity at a level to provide sufficient funds to cover anticipated administration and support costs for a period of 12 months.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Audit opinion: qualified
“In respect alone of the limitations on our work relating to the balances held by separate sections, we have not obtained all the information and explanations that we consider necessary for the purpose of our examination.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Connected trading company Staveley Miners Welfare Social Club Limited operates the bar at the cricket club and transfers profits under a Gift Aid agreement.
“a substantial amount of its income comes from its connected trading company, Staveley Miners Welfare Social Club Limited (which operates the bar at the cricket club) and the bar section at Markham Hall (which operates the bar at the main welfare), both of which transfer any profits they make to the charity under a Gift Aid agreement so the trustees work closely with the management of each to try and ensure the bars are profitable, thus ensuring extra income for the charity.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Staveley Miners Welfare Social Club Limited
“a substantial amount of its income comes from its connected trading company, Staveley Miners Welfare Social Club Limited (which operates the bar at the cricket club)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 14

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 26/03/2025, 54 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 26/03/2025, 420 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£35k£50k
31/03/2024£53k£54k
31/03/2023£46k£50k
31/03/2022£81k£42k
31/03/2021£118k£69k

Common questions

Is STAVELEY MINERS WELFARE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £12,572 for the year, driven by significant repairs and maintenance costs. Total reserves stood at £1,085,049, comprising £843,253 in fixed assets and £241,796 in net current assets, with £182,623 available as unrestricted funds. The trustees expressed satisfaction with the results and noted that reserves are maintained to cover 12 months of administration and support costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOOLLEY MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STAVELEY MINERS WELFARE CENTRE£35k—0above—no doubt
WOOLLEY MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
BENTLEY SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUND FY2024£21k—0unclear—no doubt
CHIEVELEY RECREATIONAL CENTRE FY2025£105k—0unclear—no doubt
MEXBOROUGH MINERS' WELFARE INSTITUTE AND RECREATION GROUND FY2025£240k——above—no doubt
MINERS' WELFARE RECREATION GROUND FY2025£58k—0unclear—noted

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