UMBRELLA DERBY & DERBYSHIRE
Provision of activities and support for children, and young adults, with disabities, and their families in Derby and Derbyshire.
Objects
The relief of Disabled and /or sick Children, young adults and their families and carers through the provision of support groups to provide information, facilities, equipment, amenities and such other activities as the directors deem appropriate to their needs.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £58,803 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total net assets of £545,582. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £259,332 are held in line with the stated policy of maintaining three months of expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
What the accounts disclose
“Charitable Activities 3 619,531 296,995 916,526 746,963” — page 14
“The company’s reserves policy is to hold 3 months expenditure in general reserves. This currently equates to about £250k.” — page 8
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 25
- Government income: £622,531 — contracts £515,111 (2), grants £107,420 (1); 58% of the £1,065,071 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 25
- Government income: £560,785 — contracts £474,815 (2), grants £85,970 (1); 62% of the £900,997 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 40
- Government income: £443,205 — contracts £433,944 (2), grants £9,261 (2); 60% of the £742,057 total gross income on the same return
Corporate structure
- Registered company of the charity Companies House 07904108
Funders the charity credits
- National Lottery Community Fund
- Derbyshire County Council
- Engineered Learning Ltd
- The White Swan Littleover
- Community Link Media
- David Solomons Charitable Trust
- The D'Oyly Catre Charitiable Trust
Company officers (Companies House)
- BREGAZZI, Katie on trustee list
- MAXWELL, Oliver Jan Zygmund on trustee list
- WELSH, Patrick Sean on trustee list
- PEALING, Victoria Jane Elizabeth on trustee list
- TOPLEY, Magali Veronique on trustee list
- SUTTON, Rebecca Mary on trustee list
- HUNT, Zowie Leanne on trustee list
- VASEY, Richard on trustee list
- COOK, Wayne Anthony on trustee list
Property (HM Land Registry)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Care Quality Commission ratings
- Umbrella House: Good
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (30/12/2022)
- Received assets from another charity (09/01/2015)
Trustees
- Katie Bregazzi
- Magali Veronique Topley
- Oliver Jan Zygmund Maxwell
- Patrick Welsh
- Rebecca Mary Sutton
- Richard Vasey
- Zowie Leanne Hunt
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £1.1m | £1.0m |
| 31/03/2024 | £901k | £891k |
| 31/03/2023 | £742k | £769k |
| 31/03/2022 | £716k | £781k |
| 31/03/2021 | £833k | £674k |
Common questions
Is UMBRELLA DERBY & DERBYSHIRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £58,803 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total net assets of £545,582. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £259,332 are held in line with the stated policy of maintaining three months of expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bourne & Co.
Who funds UMBRELLA DERBY & DERBYSHIRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name UMBRELLA DERBY & DERBYSHIRE as a grant recipient include THE TOY TRUST, THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST, DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST, CLA CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE TOY TRUST | FY2024 | £5k | |
| THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST | FY2023 | £5k | |
| DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2022 | £5k | |
| THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST | FY2022 | £5k | |
| CLA CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2021 | £3k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 07/05/2026 | £20k | Play Activity and Leisure (PALS) |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 26/09/2024 | £500k | Information and Family Support Service (IFSS) |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 12/01/2024 | £20k | Play & Leisure Services |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 21/01/2022 | £10k | Disabled Children's Clubs |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 30/09/2021 | £337k | Information and Family Support Service |
| UK government | 19/08/2020 | £65k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| UK government | 26/05/2020 | £2k | VSCE CMC Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 14/09/2018 | £9k | Umbrella Sensory Room |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 04/05/2016 | £495k | Information and Family Support Service (IFSS) |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 27/01/2016 | £10k | Umbrella Garden Project |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE BLAGRAVE TRUST | 1 | £61k |
| THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £45k |
| THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £40k |
| HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION | 1 | £6k |
| KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £4k |
| THE KENTOWN WIZARD FOUNDATION | 1 | £3k |
| YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £3k |
| TOYOTA MANUFACTURING UK CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £2k |
Charities like this
- CANTERBURY UMBRELLA
- UMBRELLA CYMRU
- DERBYSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL
- DERBYSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND LTD
- AGE UK DERBY & DERBYSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY NHS TRUST UMBRELLA CHARITY
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMBRELLA DERBY & DERBYSHIRE | £1.1m | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| CANTERBURY UMBRELLA | £109k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| UMBRELLA CYMRU | £222k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| DERBYSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL | £360k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| DERBYSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND LTD | £732k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| AGE UK DERBY & DERBYSHIRE | £2.0m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |