LYNEMOUTH MINERS WELFARE INSTITUTE

Registered charity 522087 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LYNEMOUTH AND ELLINGTON MINERS WELFARE SCHEME

Village Hall Social Centre

Objects

INSTITUTE AND HALL

Area of benefit: LYNEMOUTH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

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Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£28k
Latest spending
£20k
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £145,382 to £153,225 during the year, driven by a net income of £7,843 before investment losses. The charity holds £153,225 in total unrestricted funds against current liabilities of £35,328, resulting in net current assets of £35,328. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts' compliance with regulations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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 28/02/2026

  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2023

  • Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 9% of the £11,193 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 28/02/2023 (received 18/01/2024, 21 days after the 28/12/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2026£28k£20k
28/02/2025£9k£6k
29/02/2024£7k£8k
28/02/2023£11k£14k
28/02/2022£28k£65k

Common questions

Is LYNEMOUTH MINERS WELFARE INSTITUTE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £145,382 to £153,225 during the year, driven by a net income of £7,843 before investment losses. The charity holds £153,225 in total unrestricted funds against current liabilities of £35,328, resulting in net current assets of £35,328. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts' compliance with regulations. Its FY2026 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 Community Fund20/09/2019£53kInstitute Renovations

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HENDON FAMILIES SYNAGOGUE LIMITED1£1.4m
Alex Ferry Foundation1£30k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LYNEMOUTH MINERS WELFARE INSTITUTE£28k——unclear—no doubt
INSTITUTE OF EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS FY2025£150k—0unclear—no doubt
LYNWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£2.3m—0above—no doubt
VINE BRANCH MINISTRIES FY2026£101k—0unclear—no doubt
MERLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£56k—0unclear—no doubt
CLIWOM SANCTUARY OF PRAISE FY2025£189k—0unclear—no doubt

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