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The Scottish Mining Welfare Trust

SC048369Registered charity from 09 May 2018
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By SMWT
Address Blair Castle
Culross
Fife
Postcode KY12 8JW
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
2. The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund for charitable purposes (in the sense in which that expression is used in Section 7(2) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland ) Act 2005) exclusively and shall pay or apply so much of the Trust Fund in sums of such amount as the Trustees in their absolute discretion may decide, with the power to accumulate the remainder for the purpose of the improvement of the condition of persons who are or who have been employed in Scotland in the mining industry or its ancillary undertakings, their families or dependents or persons who reside within the traditional coal field areas of Scotland and who have need of relief by reason of youth, age, illness, infirmity, disablement, poverty, or social disadvantage and without prejudice to that generality the methods used to achieve these objects may include any or all of: 2.1 The organisation and provision of outdoor and indoor recreational facilities including sports, games, pastimes, arts, crafts, holidays, excursions, outings and entertainments; 2.2 The provision and maintenance of convalescent accommodation and the aid and rehabilitation of the disabled; 2.3 The provision of further education, aids and comforts for all deserving parties to include without prejudice to the foregoing generality the aged, sick, infirm and disabled; 2.4 The promotion and maintenance of youth clubs and youth courses; 2.5 The provision of assistance or funding to individual miners' welfare schemes which are recognised as being charities under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005; 2.6 The relief of distress occasioned by any accident occurring in the mining industry in Scotland involving the loss of life or serious or permanent injury to any person employed in the said industry and the relief of distress shall include the making of provision for or towards maintenance. education and training of the dependants of any persons losing their lives or sustaining
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Scottish Mining Welfare Trust (Scottish Charity SC048369) was established on 9 May 2018. It is currently completing the reorganisation of the Scottish Mining Convalescent Trust, and all assets of that organisation have now been transferred to the Scottish Mining Welfare Trust. Our purpose is to continue and strengthen the long-standing support previously provided by the Scottish Mining Convalescent Trust. We exist to improve the quality of life for: • people who have worked in the Scottish mining industry or its related sectors • their families and dependants • individuals who may need support due to age, youth, illness, disability, financial hardship, or social disadvantage Through our charitable activities, we aim to ensure that those connected to Scotland’s mining communities can access the assistance, facilities, and opportunities they need to enhance their wellbeing and overall conditions of life.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 09 May 2018
Main Operating Location: Fife
Number of Staff: 4
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "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", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems", "Other defined groups", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £383,835 £56,994 21 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £495,267 £336,789 28 Mar 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £165,437 £395,176 30 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £168,374 £411,258 29 Dec 2025 Yes Download
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 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
Pauline Docherty
George Orr
Isabella Mitchell
Robert Young
Nicolas Wilson
Robert McKenzie
Craig Bennet
Thomas Adams
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