Bilsthorpe Miners' Welfare Scheme

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending March 2026, Bilsthorpe Miners' Welfare Scheme reported income of £99k and spending of £85k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £25k to £99k (+299%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 175%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bilsthorpe Miners' Welfare Scheme sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Shenstone and SVF (£99k), Community Care North Bucks (CCNB) (£99k) and Tewkesbury Methodist Church (£99k).