SOUTH DERBYSHIRE CVS
Registered charity 1101450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
South Derbyshire CVS is committed to the promotion and development of voluntary action within the area of South Derbyshire by providing support to groups and individuals, encouraging partnerships and collaboration, celebrating diversity and challenging bad practice and discrimination.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a slight surplus for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,533,925 and total expenditure of £1,468,474. The trustees report that the charity remains financially viable and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £129,754, with a stated policy to restore reserves to between 25% and 30% of expenditure over the next four years.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 25% - 30% of expenditure (held: £130k)
“SDCVS will aim to restore the reserves to between 25% - 30% of expenditure over the next four years.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Wright Vigar Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — South Derbyshire CVS (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£12k
Reported reserves equal ~0.8 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 (73% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (02/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- David Jonathan Brown
- Deborah Jane Holland
- Kevin Downs
- Kevin Lee Parkinson
- Rebena Sanghera
- Zoe Jane Gillbe
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Derbyshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SOUTH DERBYSHIRE CVS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a slight surplus for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,533,925 and total expenditure of £1,468,474. The trustees report that the charity remains financially viable and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £129,754, with a stated policy to restore reserves to between 25% and 30% of expenditure over the next four years. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Wright Vigar Limited.
Who funds SOUTH DERBYSHIRE CVS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH DERBYSHIRE CVS as a grant recipient include DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, VINCI UK FOUNDATION, TOYOTA MANUFACTURING UK CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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