DEBP CIO

Registered charity 1193708 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERBYSHIRE EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP, DIRECT EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

We specialise in supporting the aspirational decision making of young people/adults to shape their future. We strive to help them fulfil their potential and believe everyone deserves an equal chance of success. We work with young people up to the age of 19, or 25 for those with special educational needs and disabilities, and vulnerable young adults.

Objects

1. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OR OTHER FORMS OF DISABILITY, UP TO THE AGE OF 25 THROUGHOUT THE UK BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, AND BY PROMOTING RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH, AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; AND (C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF ADULTS IN THE UK WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £271,863, which falls below the charity's stated reserves policy target range of £210,000 to £420,000. Despite a net expenditure exceeding income for the year, the trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• FRANK DOUGLAS LORDchair
• Abigail Blackamore
• JOHN O'CALLAGHAN
• Natalie Anne Burkinshaw · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LSSP.

• LSSP income £907k
• YOUTHSAYERS CIO income £102k
• Forum CIO income £2.1m
• CC FOUNDATION income £187k
• RE N-GAGE income £327k
• NORTH BENWELL YOUTH PROJECT CIO income £179k

Side by side with its peers

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