MINERS' WELFARE RECREATION GROUND

Registered charity 520757 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Tennis courts, Bowling green, play equipment, flower beds and seating, Football fields and changing rooms, Multi Use Games Area.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£58k
Latest spending
£96k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £11,499 for the year, resulting in a closing fund balance of £58,478. However, the independent examiner noted that the charity would not have been able to function without the annual grant support from the Council.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“Based on my examination, it is my belief that the CMWRG would not have been able to function without the support of the Council, who give a grant every year.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£58k£96k
31/03/2024£46k£45k
31/03/2023£41k£45k
31/03/2022£127k£37k
31/03/2021£0£29k

Common questions

Is MINERS' WELFARE RECREATION GROUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £11,499 for the year, resulting in a closing fund balance of £58,478. However, the independent examiner noted that the charity would not have been able to function without the annual grant support from the Council. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/10/2025£173k"Chilton: Our People, Our Place, Our Heritage"