ASKERN MINERS WELFARE HALL, SPORTS AND RECREATION GROUND

Registered charity 523474 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASKERN MINERS WELFARE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND, MINERS WELFARE RECREATION GROUND

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE PROVISION OF AN INSTITUTE, SPORTS AND RECREATION GROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS ( AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SUCH OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AS ARE MEMBERS OF THE MINING COMMUNITY ) OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF THE LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF AN INSTITUTE, SPORTS AND RECREATION GROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS (AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SUCH OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AS ARE MEMBERS OF THE MINING COMMUNITY) OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT 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 OF ASKERN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £4,164 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a net outgoing resource of £3,334 in the previous year. Total unrestricted funds stood at £329,254, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover anticipated administration and support costs for a period of 12 months as per their reserves policy. The charity maintains adequate reserves to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ARTHUR McADAM
• DENNIS REILLY
• GORDON CARR
• IAN KENNEDY
• PAT HEWITT
• PETER GIBBON

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

Operates in: Doncaster

Income and spending

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