**– Charity Commission Report 2024 Lancashire Mining Museum Ltd (previously – The Red Rose Steam Society Limited) Charity no. 513511** The year ending 30 June 2024 was another positive year in the development of the Lancashire Mining Museum and in particular began the process of developing the site as a ‘best in class’ visitor attraction. A key example of this was the start of putting together an application for the National lottery funding to improve the status of the grade 2 listed engine house building and the pit headgear. We have also applied for smaller grants to support our application. Our website is at www.lancashireminingmuseum.org We are also on social media (Facebook) with some 20,000 followers. The overall turnover of the charity has grown from £6,907 in 2017 to £137,942 for the year ended 30 June 2024. The total funds available to the museum have increased to £134,930. This reflects the hard work of our volunteers and the high quality of our financial management. The Treasurer, Kantilal (Ken) Joshi, a qualified accountant, acted as Chairman during the year. Peter Rowlinson and Les Legge� were co-opted to the commi�ee and made a very posi�ve contribu�on during the year. We wish to firmly place on record our thanks to Ken for his efforts throughout the year as ac�ng Chair and Treasurer. At the AGM help on the 22 January 2025, we elected the following new committee members: Peter Rowlinson was elected as Chairman, Colin Savage as Treasurer. Our Secretary Susan Kedward was also re-elected. Nicola Vivash and Rose Mockridge were re-elected. Leslie Leggett was elected as a new committee member. Diane Herring, Thomas Hampson and Alan Wossick continue as committee members. We established a grants group to assist the development of the museum and held two volunteer strategy meetings to secure the views of our key stakeholders. We also undertook consultation exercises to identify what perceptions were of the museum. The commi�ee have met with the local heritage councillors and the mayor of Greater Manchester to take the museum forward within Greater Manchester. We visited other museums and hosted visits from their volunteers as we build new rela�onships. We are members of various groups such as the ‘Association of Independent Museums’ and the ‘Heritage Railway Association’ and the Greater Manchester Heritage Transport Group. The commi�ee achieved the following: - Lo�ery bid for £250,000 has been submi�ed towards the repair of the engine house and the pithead gear. - £40,000 support from Wigan Council secured. - - Pilgrim Trust grant of £25,000. - Archives preparing us for museum accredita�on. - Visited other museums and building new rela�onships. - School visits have increased thanks to Ged Maloney - Visitor Centre completed with thanks to Tim Haigh and Lyn Relph. - Lamp room completed and dedicated to Steve Eckersley. - Brown signs on East Lancashire Road (A580). - - LED lightening installed to reduce our use of energy. - Electrical upgrade and work done to power Nissen hut. - - Underground experience - work being done to create an authen�c coalface. The events team is now busy preparing a varied calendar of events for 2025 which will attract even more people from different backgrounds and age groups. Our education team this year has been much more effective, and the number of school visits has grown considerably. The number of visitors continues to grow, and we remain open to the public, free of charge, on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. We won the ‘Northwest in Bloom’ competition for the fourth year running. The railway group have now mastered the skills required to drive a steam locomotive as well as Diesel engines and they have trained drivers, guards, and managers to allow us to offer the railway rides on a more regular basis as this is proving to be a great attraction to the public. The trains used for the school visits and the “Santa Express” in December. The membership of the society remains at £10 pa for a single member - we currently have life members 30, international members 2, family members 86, and 86 single members making a total of 204. With free entry for visitors, we can only estimate the total number of 20,000 visitors a year. We look forward to exciting new developments in the year ahead especially the result of our lottery application. Signed: Peter Rowlinson Chair Dated: January 2025 Lancashire Mining Museum Ltd Registered Company No. 1682997 Registered Charity No. 513511 Year Ended 30 June 2024 Balance Sheet 30-Jun-2024 30Jun-2023 Fixed assets Tangible assets Depreciatlon Inveslments Total fixed assets £42.450 -£25,947 £35,450 -£18.390 £16.503 £17.060 Current assets tocks Other Debtors Nat West Deposrt Account 35 Days Deposit Account 95 Days PayPal Cash VAT £4,179 £0 £22,133 £21.540 £61,090 £350 £4,591 £5.153 £3,342 £3,350 £56,117 £30,039 £0 £34 £4,056 £7,693 Total cu￿ent assets £119,036 £104,631 Accrual electnc £610 £2,267 Total Cu￿nt liabilities £610 £2,267 Total assets less cuffent liabilities £134.930 £119,424 Funds of the Charity Restricted income funds Unrestricted funds Current Year Surplus £0 £119.424 £15,505 £0 £101,260 £18,164 Total funds £134,930 £119,424 Fixed Assets New Generator Mobile Crane Fork Lrft Truck JCB Date acquired 01-Jul-2020 01-Jul-2021 01-SeF2021 07-Mar-2024 £21,050.00 £8.400.1)0 £6.000.00 £7,000.00 Total £42,450.00 460 ,,1,1-- Lancashire Minina Museum Ltd Registered Company No. 1682997 Registered Charity No. 513511 Year Ended 30 Jun• 2024 Profit & Loss Account Income Trdding activities Tea Room Shop Sales Other Income Donations Subscripts'ons Railway Income Events held Sitc Visits & Rental Grants Fund Raising Scrap Sales Miscellaneous Histonc VAT claimed Interest Re￿iVed Total Expenditure Trading activities Tea Room purchases Shop purchases Other expendtiure Events Winding Engine Costs Railway srÉe Utilrties Stte Refurbishment Insurance Office Equipment Administration costs Cleaning & Rubbish Removal & Transport 30-Jun-2024 30￿Un-2O23 £18,379 £9,756 £20,691 £11.144 £11,548 £1.910 £6,283 £64.581 £3,706 £6.293 £2.545 £1.554 £8,673 £0 £2.715 £137,942 £17,446 £1,956 £12,614 £71,091 £2,549 £2,775 £0 £1,360 £5.821 £20.731 £626 £168,805 £7,709 £5.834 £10,585 £12,129 £40.914 £3,222 £9,555 £15.017 £15.364 £5.100 £7.045 £2.016 £2.504 £0 £39,181 £3,891 £10.498 £14,631 £13,900 £2,949 £5.043 £8.292 £10.286 £10,003 Total £114,282 £141,388 Operats'ng Surplus £23,660 £27,417 Bank & Finan￿ charges Deprecsation £598 £7,557 £2.163 £7.OSX) Surplus before Taxation £15,505 Taxation £0 £0 Surplus aftor Taxalion £1 S.$05 £18.164 P,y~- |ql8oL* CHARITY COMMISSION Fnkl FNfJl AND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Exarniner's Report Report to the tru3teesldireGtor31 members of Lancashire Mining Museum Limited On accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024 Charity no.: 513511 Company no.: 1682997 Set out on pages Pages 1 and 2 I rp.rKJrt trt thp. r.harity trLlStees on my ￿MInatIon of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 30 106 12024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the chariivs trustees of the Company (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (Ihe 2006 Act.). Having satisfied myself that the a(xounts of the Company are nol required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in resped of my examination of your charty's accounts as ca￿ted out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe 2011 Acf). In Ca￿yIng out my examination. I have followed the Directions givcn by the Charty Commission (under section 145{5>(b) of the 2011 Act. Independent examiner's ststement I have compleled my examination. I confimi that no thaterial matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below '} which gives me cause to believe that: . accounting records were nol kepl in accordan￿ with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006" or . the accounts do not accord wtih such records., or . the accounts do not comply wrth reievant accounting requi￿rnents under section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the accounts grve a 'true and faiff view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination" or .the account8 h2ve. not been prepared in accordan￿ with the Charities SORP {FRS102). I have no concems and have CLyne across rK> Other matters in cL)nnection witli the ¢xaminalK)n to which dtieiilion i+liould be drawn in Uiib reporl iii order to enable a prO￿r understanding of the aCC￿nts to be reached. Signed: to Name: Graham Timm8 Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (rf any): Management AccountanL QBE Address: 8 Tetlow Grove Barton UrK)n Irwell M308GE Section B Disclosure Onty complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts". directions and guldance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. NONE