Rossington Miners' Welfare Scheme

Analysis

Rossington Miners' Welfare Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Doncaster. It was registered in January 1964, 62 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 makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rossington Miners' Welfare Scheme reported income of £49k and spending of £108k, spending 221% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £237k to £49k (-79%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 171% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Rossington Miners' Welfare Scheme sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunderland Amateur Boxing Club (£49k), Sheppey Unit 301 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£49k) and Charity of Henry Douglas Rooke (£49k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.