DERBY CHILDREN'S SEASIDE HOME

Registered charity 218063 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE CHILDREN'S SEASIDE HOME, DERBYSHIRE CHILDRENS HOLIDAY CENTRE

Provides residential holidays for disadvantaged Derbyshire children.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£226k

Latest spending

£346k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net loss of £120,253 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £523,757 to £403,504. The trustees state that budgeted income and expenditure, combined with current reserves, are sufficient to continue as a going concern, although the chairman noted challenges in securing enough funding to cover rising costs and maintenance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Holiday costs £100,000, Contingency Buffer £50,000, General Fund £7,729 (held: £158k)

“The Trustees’ policy is to hold available unrestricted funds at the year end towards the following year’s estimated holiday and running costs together with a contingency buffer to meet unforeseen costs, as follows: Holiday costs £100,000 Contingency Buffer £50,000 General Fund £7,729 Total £157,729” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: The Chairman received an honorarium of £8,333. Expenses were reimbursed.

“The Chairman has received an honorarium in the year to a value of £8,333 ( 2023 : £10,000). Expenses have been paid only to reimburse Trustees for costs incurred on behalf of the Charity.” — page 13

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The document states the Finance Officer undertakes his office on an honorary basis and lists officers, but does not explicitly disclose a related-party transaction with a connected entity or individual in the notes, other than the trustee remuneration which is handled separately. No specific related party transaction amounts are disclosed in Note 11 or elsewhere beyond standard trustee expenses.

“The Finance Officer undertakes his office on an honorary basis.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTOPHER WALKER
Clarence Benjamin Robinson
JOHN EMMERSON LAKE
JulietteMarie Whitby
Lee Jepson · trustee of 2 other charities
MICHAEL COPESTAKE
Michelle Breffitt · trustee of 1 other charity
Simon Evans · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire · Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£226k	£346k
31/12/2023	£426k	£392k
31/12/2022	£260k	£318k
31/12/2021	£188k	£143k
31/12/2020	£244k	£187k

Common questions

Is DERBY CHILDREN'S SEASIDE HOME financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a net loss of £120,253 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £523,757 to £403,504. The trustees state that budgeted income and expenditure, combined with current reserves, are sufficient to continue as a going concern, although the chairman noted challenges in securing enough funding to cover rising costs and maintenance. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DERBY CHILDREN'S SEASIDE HOME?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DERBY CHILDREN'S SEASIDE HOME as a grant recipient include THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	FY2023	£1k

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
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£181k
BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£58k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£45k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£43k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE NANI HUYU CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
THE BROOK TRUST	1	£23k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRISTOL CHILDREN'S HELP SOCIETY.

THE BRISTOL CHILDREN'S HELP SOCIETY income £280k
HOME-START NORTH SOMERSET income £126k
THE SOUTHEND ON SEA DARBY AND JOAN ORGANISATION LIMITED income £1.2m
THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE income £821k
W J YAPP BEQUEST income £1.8m
THE ST. MARYS MILLENNIUM CENTRE LIVERPOOL LIMITED income £163k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DERBY CHILDREN'S SEASIDE HOME	£226k	—	0	no_policy	—	no doubt
THE BRISTOL CHILDREN'S HELP SOCIETY FY2024	£280k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HOME-START NORTH SOMERSET FY2025	£126k	—	—	unclear	—	noted
THE SOUTHEND ON SEA DARBY AND JOAN ORGANISATION LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£821k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
W J YAPP BEQUEST FY2025	£1.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt

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