South Wales Miners Museum

Analysis

South Wales Miners Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mid Glamorgan. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04891699). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South Wales Miners Museum reported income of £22k and spending of £30k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £55k to £22k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, South Wales Miners Museum sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid-Norfolk Singers (£22k), The Grantham Choral Society (£22k) and Leominster Festival Society (£22k).