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.

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

Latest income

£830k

Latest spending

£717k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

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

Reserves policy: three months of total expenditure (held: £152k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted reserves, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level that equates to approximately three months of total expenditure.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£830k

Total spending

£717k

Reserves (reported)

£152k

Employees

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£830k	£717k
31/03/2024	£624k	£784k
31/03/2023	£735k	£792k
31/03/2022	£939k	£931k
31/03/2021	£819k	£711k

Common questions

Is RURAL ACTION DERBYSHIRE financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RURAL ACTION DERBYSHIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RURAL ACTION DERBYSHIRE as a grant recipient include The Edge Ministries.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The Edge Ministries	FY2024	£14k
The Edge Ministries	FY2025	£2k	Edge Community Pantry

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/04/2026	£20k	Pathways to Sustainability
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/09/2019	£10k	Connecting Food Poverty at Grassroots
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/09/2018	£286k	Wheels to Work & Wellbeing -Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire