DERBYSHIRE CARERS ASSOCIATION
Registered charity 1062777 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provide Support, Information and Signposting to informal Carers. DCA supports all Carers of 18 years or over caring caring for someone aged 18 years or over regardless of the condition of the Cared for person. We also provide our service to Young Carers, aged under 18 years. The work is carried out through Home Visits, Support Groups, Telephone support and providing Carer Assessments etc.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a stable position with a net increase in resources of £151,093, strengthening its reserves. Free reserves stood at £228,610, which the Trustees confirmed is in line with their policy of maintaining between three and six months of operating costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three and six months of the resources expended (held: £229k)
“The Board of Trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (‘the free reserves’) held by the charity should be between three and six months of the resources expended.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Bates Weston LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Derbyshire Carers Association (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Marilyn K . Hambly — Chair (source)
- Dr. Amy Baraniak — Trustee (source)
- Paul Lobley — Trustee (source)
- Peter Steedman — Trustee (source)
- Kevin Gough — Trustee (source)
- Jane Yeomans — Trustee (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £250k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Adam Oliver Frank Cotterill
- Alison Knowles
- Dr AMY BARANIAK
- Jane Yeomans
- Marilyn Hambly · trustee of 1 other charity
- Paul Edwin Lobley BEM
- Peter Steedman
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DERBYSHIRE CARERS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a stable position with a net increase in resources of £151,093, strengthening its reserves. Free reserves stood at £228,610, which the Trustees confirmed is in line with their policy of maintaining between three and six months of operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bates Weston LLP.
Who funds DERBYSHIRE CARERS ASSOCIATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DERBYSHIRE CARERS ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include CARERS TRUST, DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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