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Ecton Mine Educational Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1112892DerbyshireArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£16k2025-12-31
Spending£13ksame year
Spent / received101%5-year average
Size in its cause42nd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2006Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Ecton Mine Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in February 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 05555044). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ecton Mine Educational Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £13k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8 to £16k (+194275%), an average of +564% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 106525%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Ecton Mine Educational Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Faversham Music Club (£16k), Somerset County Orchestra (£16k) and Creative Art Showcase (£16k).

Income and spending

£0£26k£52k£78k£104k2021 Income: £82021 Spending: £2,26520212022 Income: £8,5302022 Spending: £13,29620222023 Income: £60,5982023 Spending: £60,49920232024 Income: £103,7332024 Spending: £100,64820242025 Income: £15,5502025 Spending: £13,4022025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Provision of facilities for School and University teachers to run one-day or two-day field courses that will introduce young people to subjects relevant to the minerals industry such as applied geology, metalliferous mining and mineral extraction. The Charity also hosts visits to the mine by local interest groups and by interested post-graduate departments of Universities. It encourages research.

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The Bill Tutte Memorial FundNewmarket£16k