Cortonwood Miners' Welfare Scheme

Analysis

Cortonwood Miners' Welfare Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cortonwood Miners' Welfare Scheme reported income of £57k and spending of £71k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £56k to £57k (+1.1%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 384%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cortonwood Miners' Welfare Scheme sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% 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 Kirkby Stephen Youth Centre (£57k), The Black Dog Music Project (£57k) and The Richard Attenborough Charitable Trust (£57k).