Shirland Miners Welfare

Analysis

Shirland Miners Welfare is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in May 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Shirland Miners Welfare reported income of £22k and spending of £13k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £95k to £22k (-77%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Shirland Miners Welfare sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old Village Hall Charity (£22k), Dacre Hall (£22k) and Friends of Kettering Art Gallery and Museum (£22k).