Wearmouth Miners' Welfare Scheme

Analysis

Wearmouth Miners' Welfare Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wearmouth Miners' Welfare Scheme reported income of £83k and spending of £87k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £36k to £83k (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wearmouth Miners' Welfare Scheme sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leamington District Scout Council (£83k), Heather St Johns Juniors Football Club (£83k) and Hunwick Cricket Club (£83k).

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.