Stakeford and Bomarsund Miner's Welfare Scheme

Analysis

Stakeford and Bomarsund Miner's Welfare Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Choppington. It was registered in August 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stakeford and Bomarsund Miner's Welfare Scheme reported income of £108k and spending of £60k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £55k to £108k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Stakeford and Bomarsund Miner's Welfare Scheme sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% 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 New Life Community Church (South Gillingham) Trust (£108k), Hesed Trust (£108k) and Wrexham Youth and Play Partnership (£108k).