DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 225031 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Arts/Culture - relative to Pure Archaeology - Industrial Archaeology - Architecture - Local HistoryEnvironment/Conservation/HeritageInvolvement with the general public/mankindMakes grants to individuals in connection with research projects. Sponsors and undertakes its own research

Objects

EXAMINATION, PRESERVATION, AND STUDY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY, ANTIQUITIES AND HISTORY OF THE COUNTY, AN THE PUBLICATION OF ORIGINAL PAPERS AND ANCIENT DOCUMENTS RELATING THERETO.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF DERBYSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Amber Valley, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£32k

Latest spending

£42k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £165,352, which the trustees state are well in excess of their policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. While the charity remains a going concern, the accounts note that a review of governance and activities was initiated to determine a future strategy due to considerably increased costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a minimum of 6 months unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £165k)

“It is the policy of the trustees to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity to a level which will equate to a minimum of 6 months unrestricted expenditure.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management

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: 25

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

Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 10

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Richard Clarkchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Anne Hardesty Allcock
Denise Margaret Grace
Ian Hope Mitchell · trustee of 1 other charity
JANE MARY HEGINBOTHAM
Janette Evelyne Jackson
Susan Marilyn Peberdy

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£32k	£42k
31/12/2024	£178k	£32k
31/12/2023	£38k	£40k
31/12/2022	£30k	£39k
31/12/2021	£17k	£20k

Common questions

Is DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £165,352, which the trustees state are well in excess of their policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. While the charity remains a going concern, the accounts note that a review of governance and activities was initiated to determine a future strategy due to considerably increased costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2021	£8k	Morley Park Ironworks, Amber Valley, Derbyshire
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/10/2012	£18k	"Butterley Gangroad"

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
PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATION	1	£13k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
WILLIAM AND EDITH OLDHAM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DERBYSHIRE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST.

DERBYSHIRE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST income £196k
THE SUSSEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £1.6m
YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY income £87k
THE ARTS SOCIETY, CORINIUM income £53k
THE ANTIQUITY TRUST income £93k
WANDSWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY income £65k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY	£32k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
DERBYSHIRE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST FY2025	£196k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUSSEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FY2025	£1.6m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FY2025	£87k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ARTS SOCIETY, CORINIUM FY2025	£53k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ANTIQUITY TRUST FY2025	£93k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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