DERBY URBAN CHURCH

Registered charity 1187018 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. The Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.

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Latest income

£219k

Latest spending

£221k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of nearly £2,500 for the year, with income of nearly £219k and expenditure of just over £221k. The trustees describe the year as financially challenging but note that recent changes, including amalgamation and energy efficiency grants, are intended to improve future efficiency.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Graham Robert Watkinschair
Benjamin Phillip Jones
Chandra Ann Morbey
Dr Roger Antony Morbey Phd
Maria Linda Bellfield

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

Operates in: Derby City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£219k	£221k
31/12/2024	£199k	£195k
31/12/2023	£138k	£134k
31/12/2022	£110k	£113k
31/12/2021	£112k	£116k

Common questions

Is DERBY URBAN CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of nearly £2,500 for the year, with income of nearly £219k and expenditure of just over £221k. The trustees describe the year as financially challenging but note that recent changes, including amalgamation and energy efficiency grants, are intended to improve future efficiency.

Who funds DERBY URBAN CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DERBY URBAN CHURCH as a grant recipient include THE DEO GLORIA TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	FY2025	£5k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHRIST CENTRAL CHURCHES WORLDWIDE	1	£82k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EASTLEIGH BAPTIST CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DERBY URBAN CHURCH	£219k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EASTLEIGH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£469k	—	above	—	no doubt
CRANBROOK BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£105k	—	within	—	no doubt
JUBILEE CHURCH DERBY FY2025	£318k	—	within	—	no doubt
NEWBURY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£167k	—	above	—	no doubt
EARLSFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£459k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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