North Derbyshire Miners' Welfare Trust Fund Scheme
Analysis
North Derbyshire Miners' Welfare Trust Fund Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottinghamshire. It was registered in November 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending December 2025, North Derbyshire Miners' Welfare Trust Fund Scheme reported income of £12k and spending of £30k, spending 260% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,968 to £12k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 385% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, North Derbyshire Miners' Welfare Trust Fund Scheme sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Violet-Grace's Gift (£12k), Ryde Sick Poor Fund (£12k) and The R T Hurst Charitable Trust (£12k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To improve the quality of life of former mineworkers and/or their dependants in North Derbyshire
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Violet-Grace's Gift | Altrincham | £12k |
| Ryde Sick Poor Fund | Isle of Wight | £12k |
| The R T Hurst Charitable Trust | Bolton | £12k |
| Open Door, Warminster | Wiltshire | £12k |