RURAL ACTION DERBYSHIRE

Registered charity 1061531 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERBYSHIRE RURAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL, DRCC

Our aim is to help rural communities realise their aspirations and achieve their goals.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF DERBY BY ASSISTING THE WORK OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN ADVANCING EDUCATION, FURTHERING HEALTH, RELIEVING POVERTY, DISTRESS OR SICKNESS, IMPROVING THE SKILL OF COUNTRY CRAFTSMEN, OR IN PURSUING ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE;TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SAID PURPOSES, AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUTHORITIES AND ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE SAID PURPOSES WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF DERBY;

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF DERBYSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £151,924, which is above the stated policy target of three months of total expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £112,967 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £549,126 after accounting for a defined benefit pension scheme liability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• William Tudor Joneschair
• Amy Wheelton
• Angela Montacute
• Kerrie Louise Fletcher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paige Leigh Bromley
• Paul Miles
• Peter David Dewhurst
• Robin Alexander Grant · trustee of 2 other charities
• Roger Andrew Bennett

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DERBYSHIRE VOLUNTARY ACTION.

• DERBYSHIRE VOLUNTARY ACTION income £691k
• DERBYSHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION LIMITED income £1.2m
• DERBY COMMUNITY ACCOUNTANCY SERVICE income £69k
• THE DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS CLUBS income £93k
• THE HEREFORDSHIRE BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND income £100k
• DERBYSHIRE HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £39k

Side by side with its peers

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