Charity Details

Bilston Miners Welfare Society & Social Club

SC000099Registered charity from 08 October 1976

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Charity Information:

Address 12 Seafield Road
Bilston
Midlothian

Postcode EH25 9SF

Website No Link Provided

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

The objects of the Society are to provide facilities for such forms of (physical exercise) recreation and other leisure time occupation as are conducive to the improvement of the conditions of living of the inhabitants of Bilston and the neighbourhood thereof within the Society’s sphere of operations as defined from time to time and in particular (but not exclusively) such of the inhabitants as are members of the mining community provided that nothing herein contained shall authorise the application of the property to purposes which are not in law charitable.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

The charity is set up for the physical and mental well-being, and to provide recreational, sporting and social facilities, for villagers, old and new. We hire out our Main Function Hall and Lounge to members for a number of events: parties/anniversaries/keep fit classes/ line dancing classes/kids dancing classes/pilates and excerise for over 60s. The members also hold Country & Western Nights and Spiritualist Church events. We offer, through our Community Hub sub section, set 'blether afternoons', mainly used by the elderly and the Hub have just started a 'Community Family Night' where parents can come along with their children and socialise with other villagers in a friendly setting. Sporting wise we have a Bowling Club (lawn bowls) and have facilities for darts, pool dominoes and new age curling. All of these are available for all. Most of the above is under the scope of the Management Committee apart from the Bowling Club, which has it's own Committee.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association

Constitutional Form Date: 08 Oct 1976

Main Operating Location: Midlothian

Number of Staff: 2

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of public participation in sport", "the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Jan 2022	£36,385	£16,582	11 Oct 2022	Yes
31 Jan 2023	£9,504	£18,405	25 Oct 2023	Yes
31 Jan 2024	£20,100	£18,834	18 Oct 2024	Yes
31 Jan 2025	£11,913	£17,632	15 Oct 2025	Yes	Not published by OSCR
31 Jan 2026			No	Annual Information due by 31 Oct 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
Jean	Harrower
Isabella	Berston
Alan	Murray
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