THE DERWENT INITIATIVE

Registered charity 1126951 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TDI ( The Derwent Initiative) is an independent UK Charity founded in 1993 which works to improve public protection by finding creative and multi-agency solutions to the problems of sexual offending. We offer research, consultancy, training and a number of trademarked public protection schemes, including Leisurewatch.

Objects

1 THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEXUAL OFFENDING AND TO MINIMIZE ITS EFFECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL; AND2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERNING THE INCIDENCE EFFECTS AND TREATMENT OF SEXUAL OFFENCES AND OFFENDERS AND THEIR VICTIMS AND THE SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THIS RESPECT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF PEOPLE INVOLVED, WHETHER PROFESSIONALLY OR OTHERWISE, WITH CARE AND TREATMENT OF SEXUAL OFFENDERS, THEIR VICTIMS, OR PARENTS AND FAMILIES OF THOSE VICTIMS

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £5,997, having reported a deficit of £15,077 in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the financial environment is increasingly tough, leading to a decision to adapt the delivery model to reduce running costs substantially from 2026. The trustees consider it reasonable to believe the charity will continue to settle liabilities as they fall due.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06725535

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Barbour Foundation — “These have been: The Barbour Foundation” (source page)
• The Baring Foundation — “The Baring Foundation” (source page)
• The Esmée Fairburn Foundation — “The Esmée Fairburn Foundation” (source page)
• The Getty Foundation — “The Getty Foundation” (source page)
• Government Office for the North East — “Government Office for the North East” (source page)
• The Henry Smith Charity — “The Henry Smith Charity” (source page)
• The Home Office (Dangerous Offenders Unit) — “The Home Office (Dangerous Offenders Unit)” (source page)
• The John Ellerman Foundation — “The John Ellerman Foundation” (source page)
• The Lankelly Chase Trust — “The Lankelly Chase Trust” (source page)
• The Lloyds TSB Foundation — “The Lloyds TSB Foundation” (source page)
• The Ministry of Justice — “The Ministry of Justice” (source page)
• The National Council for Social Concern — “The National Council for Social Concern” (source page)
• The National Lottery for England — “The National Lottery for England” (source page)
• Northumbria Police , Northumbria Probation — “Northumbria Police , Northumbria Probation” (source page)

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.

• ALI, Tahir Iqbal — director, appointed 16/06/2023on trustee list
• PARNELL, Caroline Jane — director, appointed 09/04/2018on trustee list
• ARMSTRONG, Lucy Victoria Winwood — director, appointed 16/10/2008on trustee list
• WINFIELD, Sue — director, appointed 16/10/2008not on trustee list
• JENKINS, Deborah Mary — secretary, appointed 16/10/2008

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• LUCY VICTORIA WINWOOD ARMSTRONGchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CAROLINE PARNELL
• SUSAN MARGARET WINFIELD
• Tahir Iqbal Ali

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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