Kippax Miners' Welfare Scheme

Analysis

Kippax Miners' Welfare Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kippax Miners' Welfare Scheme reported income of £243k and spending of £252k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £243k (+1385%), an average of +96% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 299%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Kippax Miners' Welfare Scheme sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Derwentside and Gateshead swim team (£243k), Royal Air Force Small Arms Association (£243k) and Middle Wallop Pri (£243k).