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BELPER NORTH MILL TRUST

Registered charity 1068485 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERWENT VALLEY VISITOR CENTRE, STRUTTS NORTH MILL

Operates guided tours, heritage walks and talks for school and general public education relating to the Industrial Revolution.

Objects

I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INTO THE INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE OF DERWENT VALLEY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO NORTH MILL BELPER, DERBYSHIRE2) THE CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THIS HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE OF THE DERWENT VALLEY IN DERBYSHIRE

Area of benefit: DERWENT VALLEY IN DERBYSHIRE

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

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Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£24k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £403,024, comprising £62,256 in general unrestricted funds and £340,768 in an earmarked development reserve. Per the trustees' report, the general reserves are sufficient to cover estimated short-term losses of up to £7,600 over the next three years and are maintained above a stated minimum policy target of £15,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £15,000 (held: £62k)
“It is planned that these unrestricted general funds should not fall below £15,000.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£29k£24k
31/12/2024£25k£21k
31/12/2023£25k£31k
31/12/2022£64k£81k
31/12/2021£117k£103k

Common questions

Is BELPER NORTH MILL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £403,024, comprising £62,256 in general unrestricted funds and £340,768 in an earmarked development reserve. Per the trustees' report, the general reserves are sufficient to cover estimated short-term losses of up to £7,600 over the next three years and are maintained above a stated minimum policy target of £15,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/03/2015£41k"Rescue, Restore, Revitalise: new beginnings for the Belper North Mill"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/10/2013£10k"Belper North Mill: updating the displays, telling the right stories"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/12/2003£44k"Belper North Mill Development Plan"