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Bignall End Miners Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground

RegisteredRegistered charity number 522607Stoke-On-TrentAmateur sport and recreation
Income£59k2025-11-30
Spending£55ksame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause77th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered1963Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bignall End Miners Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-On-Trent. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Bignall End Miners Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground reported income of £59k and spending of £55k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £53k to £59k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bignall End Miners Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marina Recreation Centre Association (£59k), Fairlands Liddington Hall and Gravetts Lane Community Association (£59k) and Beckley Village Hall (£59k).

Income and spending

£0£24k£47k£71k£94k2021 Income: £52,9192021 Spending: £41,53320212022 Income: £62,6592022 Spending: £47,64520222023 Income: £81,1032023 Spending: £94,27120232024 Income: £63,0792024 Spending: £72,83220242025 Income: £59,3492025 Spending: £55,2392025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We operate as a Sports Recreation Club, originally for the mining community.Following the demise of the mining community we have continued & extended our range of operations to provide sport for the local young people 9 - 17 years with coaching and match play conditions and we are a clubmark accredited club.We also serve the community in providing facilities for Weddings/Funerals / Christenings/

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Marina Recreation Centre AssociationEast Yorkshire£59k
Fairlands Liddington Hall and Gravetts Lane Community AssociationGuildford£59k
Beckley Village HallEast Sussex£59k
Dore Village SocietyDore£59k