COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CHESTERFIELD

Registered charity 1206790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CDC GROUP, Dronfield Woodhouse Community Support Hub, THE ROTHER ACTIVE YOUTH CLUB (THE RAY CLUB), TUPTON FOODBANK, Walton Knitters

We work with a fabulous group of positive volunteers who help us provide the younger Community of Chesterfield with the vital experiences they deserve. Children have so much to offer to the world - we believe in the power that they hold, and know that they will mold future generations to come. At CDC, we are here to give them the support they need in order to shape them into leaders of the future

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF CHESTERFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO- OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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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Latest income
£176k
Latest spending
£190k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a planned deficit for the year, with total expenditure of £190,975 exceeding income of £175,684. Despite this, the trustees confirm a closing bank balance of £15,427 and describe the deficit as a strategic investment in growth. The filing indicates no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: grant funding and local authority support
“In the year to 31st December 2025, Community Development Chesterfield received £175,684 in income, with the majority derived from grant funding and local authority support.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 24
  • Government income: £47,335 — contracts £2,000 (1), grants £45,335 (16); 27% of the £175,684 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £27,900 — grants £27,900 (10); 38% of the £73,588 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£176k£190k
31/12/2024£74k£57k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CHESTERFIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a planned deficit for the year, with total expenditure of £190,975 exceeding income of £175,684. Despite this, the trustees confirm a closing bank balance of £15,427 and describe the deficit as a strategic investment in growth. The filing indicates no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Who funds COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CHESTERFIELD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CHESTERFIELD as a grant recipient include BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2025£2kDay trip for members of this charity aiming to improve the lives of elderly vulnerable adults.
MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUSTFY2026£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/02/2025£20kCommunity Development Chesterfield

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHICHESTER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CHESTERFIELD£176k—0unclear—no doubt
CHICHESTER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£2.8m£70,001 - £80,0001below—no doubt
ST MARY'S CHEQUERFIELD COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED FY2026£210k—0below—no doubt
CHESTERFIELD F C COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£2.2m—2below—no doubt
EASTON COMMUNITY CHILDRENS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0within—no doubt
CENTRAL LONDON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2026£101k——unclear—no doubt

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