Swallownest Hamlet Miners' Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending December 2025, Swallownest Hamlet Miners' Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground reported income of £35k and spending of £43k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £33k to £35k (+7.9%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Swallownest Hamlet Miners' Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground 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 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Southport (Ainsdale) Scout Group (£35k), Seaton Community Centre (£35k) and 7th Ashford Scouts Group (Spelthorne) (£35k).

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.