YORKSHIRE MAIN MINERS WELFARE SCHEME

Registered charity 523990 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YORKSHIRE MAIN MINERS WELFARE RECREATION OR PLEASURE GROUND AND YOUTH CENTRE, YORSHIRE MAIN MINERS WELFARE SCHEME

provide sporting and social facilities for the community as a whole

Objects

PROVISION OF A RECREATION GROUND AND COMMUNITY CENTRE 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: PARISH OF WARMSWORTH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£46k

Latest spending

£74k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £27,344 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to substantial depreciation costs. The trustees acknowledge that the charity's current financial position is not in line with their reserves policy, which aims to maintain 12 months of anticipated administration and support costs. Despite this, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The trustees are aware that the charity's current financial position is not in line with this policy and are considering how this can be rectified.” — page 4

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.

Risk management

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 4

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DONALD SIDESchair
Garry Moseley
Graham Howells
Joseph McAteer
Matthew Wynne

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

Operates in: Doncaster

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£46k	£74k
31/12/2024	£58k	£85k
31/12/2023	£56k	£70k
31/12/2022	£173k	£66k
31/12/2021	£73k	£88k

Common questions

Is YORKSHIRE MAIN MINERS WELFARE SCHEME financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £27,344 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to substantial depreciation costs. The trustees acknowledge that the charity's current financial position is not in line with their reserves policy, which aims to maintain 12 months of anticipated administration and support costs. Despite this, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 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
Sport England	19/04/2022	£79k	MUGA
UK government	19/04/2022	£79k	ALB-Sport England-MUGA
Sport England	13/05/2020	£4k	MUGA
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/11/2005	£25	Welfare Play Area Design
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/10/2004	£5k	Security Fence

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
SOUTH WALES MINERS WELFARE TRUST FUND SCHEME	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

WEARMOUTH MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME income £83k
SOUTH KIRKBY MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME income £140k
THE YORKSHIRE AGED MINERS' HOUSING SCHEME income £30k
BACKWORTH MINERS WELFARE income £619k
BILSTHORPE MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME income £99k
MARKHAM MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME income £38k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YORKSHIRE MAIN MINERS WELFARE SCHEME	£46k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
WEARMOUTH MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME FY2025	£83k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH KIRKBY MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME FY2025	£140k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE YORKSHIRE AGED MINERS' HOUSING SCHEME FY2025	£30k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BACKWORTH MINERS WELFARE FY2025	£619k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BILSTHORPE MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME FY2026	£99k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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