The Kent Mining Heritage Foundation

Analysis

The Kent Mining Heritage Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Deal. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Kent Mining Heritage Foundation reported income of £192k and spending of £144k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £88k to £192k (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 997%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Kent Mining Heritage Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxclose and District Young Peoples Project Ltd (£192k), The Goodman and Ruthin Charity (£192k) and Wheels 2 Work County Durham (£192k).