Barlborough Miners Welfare Recreation Ground and Institute

Analysis

Barlborough Miners Welfare Recreation Ground and Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chesterfield. It was registered in May 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Barlborough Miners Welfare Recreation Ground and Institute reported income of £108k and spending of £113k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £43k to £108k (+150%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Barlborough Miners Welfare Recreation Ground and Institute sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bournemouth School Charitable Trust (£107k), The George Ward Centre Limited (£108k) and CLWB Rygbi Dinbych (£107k).