Hemsworth Miners Welfare Scheme

Analysis

Hemsworth Miners Welfare Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pontefract. It was registered in October 1961, 65 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hemsworth Miners Welfare Scheme reported income of £45k and spending of £42k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £57k to £45k (-21%), an average of -5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Hemsworth Miners Welfare Scheme sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walsall Wood Saints Junior Football Club (£45k), Warminster Scout Group (£45k) and Tata Steel Cricket Club (£45k).