THE DERBY BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1071955 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advice, signposting, in office translating, immigration advice Level 1, advice on training, benefits, housing.Pre-school activities, Outreach work to no mobile Roma and elderly/disabled Bosnian in needs, Supplementary schools, cultural, social gathering.Inter community work and bridge building Serbian, Albanian, Croatian, Bosnian, "One stop shop" support Ethnic Comm. Groups in East Midlands.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS ARISING THERE FROM OF THE REFUGEES AND OTHER FROM THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, BACKGROUND AND RELIGION, NOW RESIDING IN EAST MIDLANDS.

Area of benefit: EAST MIDLANDS

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£281k
Latest spending
£238k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £281,173 and incurred total expenditure of £238,215, resulting in a net incoming resource of £43,504. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £124,809, which is above the stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity maintains a healthy financial position with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (91% of income)
“Of this amount, £254,715 (over 90%) came through a range of grants”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of operating costs (held: £125k)
“The Association aims to build up reserves to cover 6 months operating costs in the event of a drop in income.” — page 28
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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire · Leicester City · Nottingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£281k£238k
31/08/2024£282k£244k
31/08/2023£181k£187k
31/08/2022£183k£192k
31/08/2021£121k£120k

Common questions

Is THE DERBY BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £281,173 and incurred total expenditure of £238,215, resulting in a net incoming resource of £43,504. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £124,809, which is above the stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity maintains a healthy financial position with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its going concern status. 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 Community Fund25/07/2024£544kCaring for Refugees
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2019£455kThe Refugees Support Refugees Plus
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/03/2015£44k"Bosnian war people and children saving history, language and culture in East Midlands"
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2014£396kThe Refugees Support Refugees
The National Lottery Community Fund12/11/2008£268kReaching and improving peoples future
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/10/2007£5k"A Project By A Cultural Society In Derby To Reduce The Devloping Language Barriers Between Young And Older Members Of The Bosnia And Herzego"
The National Lottery Community Fund22/10/2007£5kLearning is for Life

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REFUGEE WORKERS' CULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE DERBY BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£281k—0above—no doubt
REFUGEE WORKERS' CULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025£199k—0unclear—no doubt
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA U.K. NETWORK FY2025£733k—0unclear—no doubt
EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUP FY2025£496k——unclear—no doubt
BECOME UNITED FY2026£252k—0unclear—no doubt
HUMBER ALL NATIONS ALLIANCE LIMITED FY2025£128k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.