National Coal Mining Museum for England Trust Ltd

Analysis

National Coal Mining Museum for England Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Overton. It was registered in April 1986, 40 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 01702426). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, National Coal Mining Museum for England Trust Ltd reported income of £4.4m and spending of £4.6m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.1m to £4.4m (+7.1%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, National Coal Mining Museum for England Trust Ltd sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Music Venue Trust (£4.4m), The Criterion Theatre Trust (£4.4m) and Lichfield Garrick Theatre (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 68%, donations and legacies 17%, trading 12% and investments 3.6%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 15%. Reserves of £2.4m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 97 people.