EMLEY MOOR MINERS RECREATION GROUND AND INSTITUTE

Registered charity 523597 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MINERS RECREATION GROUND AND INSTITUTE

Provides Fields and buildings for football and cricket for the village community.MUGA (Multi Use Games Area) free to all users, with maintenance and insurance provided by the Trust.Continued work to provide a Youth Club and Community Centre in an old building on the Trust property. Ongoing funding (grant aided) and development proceeding.

Objects

MINERS RECREATION GROUND AND INSTITUTE

Area of benefit: DISTRICT OF EMLEY 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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Latest income

£284k

Latest spending

£283k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £1,911 after depreciation for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit in the previous year. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern and that adequate reserves exist for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Daniel James Brownhill
Gavin Adamson
Jon Michael Lee
Richard Haynes
Richard Marcus Pound
Richard Oates
Richard Senior

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£284k	£283k
31/12/2023	£214k	£236k
31/12/2022	£160k	£155k
31/12/2021	£236k	£242k
31/12/2020	£131k	£112k

Common questions

Is EMLEY MOOR MINERS RECREATION GROUND AND INSTITUTE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £1,911 after depreciation for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit in the previous year. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern and that adequate reserves exist for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	29/03/2021	£137k	ALB-Sport England-Renovation of Community Centre Car Park
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/10/2019	£10k	Emley Together junior Leaders
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/10/2012	£8k	Emley Village Youth and Community Centre

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHULMLEIGH PLAYING FIELD.

CHULMLEIGH PLAYING FIELD income £31k
HAWKINS COLLIERY RECREATION GROUND AND WELFARE CENTRE income £104k
SHIREOAKS MINERS' WELFARE RECREATION GROUND income £165k
MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED income £134k
Mangotsfield and Blackhorse Sports & Community Association income £1.4m
WEMBDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST income £282k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EMLEY MOOR MINERS RECREATION GROUND AND INSTITUTE	£284k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHULMLEIGH PLAYING FIELD FY2026	£31k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAWKINS COLLIERY RECREATION GROUND AND WELFARE CENTRE FY2024	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHIREOAKS MINERS' WELFARE RECREATION GROUND FY2024	£165k	—	above	—	no doubt
MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED FY2025	£134k	—	above	—	no doubt
Mangotsfield and Blackhorse Sports & Community Association FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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