J N DERBYSHIRE TRUST

Registered charity 231907 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EX-DONO TRUST

The objectives of the Trust are the making of charitable donations for the promotion of health, development of physical improvement, advancement of education and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£146k

Latest spending

£213k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total charity funds decreased by £211,575 to £5,603,610 due to a net outgoing resource of £66,874 and unrealised investment losses. The Trust does not actively fundraise, relying instead on investment income and capital growth to meet its grant-making objectives. Reserves are maintained at a level the Trustees consider sufficient to generate income for increasing grant demands.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: present reserves should be maintained to ensure that sufficient income is generated to meet the increasing demands of grant applications (held: £5.6m)

“The Trustees consider that the present reserves should be maintained to ensure that sufficient income is generated to meet the increasing demands of grant applications.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00389833

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

MERCHANT, Roger Leonard — director, appointed 01/03/2026on trustee list
WARMAN, Claire — director, appointed 20/03/2025on trustee list
CARVER, William — director, appointed 14/03/2019on trustee list
WHITTLE, Rose — director, appointed 19/10/2017on trustee list
LITTLE, Andrew Neville — director, appointed 22/10/2015on trustee list
GEORGE, Charles John — director, appointed 06/10/1998on trustee list
HANSON, Emma — secretary, appointed 10/03/2016

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW NEVILLE LITTLE
CHARLES JOHN GEORGE
Claire Warman
Roger Leonard Merchant · trustee of 1 other charity
Rose Whittle · trustee of 1 other charity
William Carver

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£146k	£213k
05/04/2024	£148k	£208k
05/04/2023	£141k	£208k
05/04/2022	£134k	£189k
05/04/2021	£147k	£236k

Common questions

Is J N DERBYSHIRE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total charity funds decreased by £211,575 to £5,603,610 due to a net outgoing resource of £66,874 and unrealised investment losses. The Trust does not actively fundraise, relying instead on investment income and capital growth to meet its grant-making objectives. Reserves are maintained at a level the Trustees consider sufficient to generate income for increasing grant demands. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	1	£481k
FRIENDS OF THE YEATMAN HOSPITAL	1	£88k
BRITISH HEN WELFARE TRUST	1	£15k
CLARK FOUNDATION	1	£6k
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PRIMROSE TRUST.

THE PRIMROSE TRUST income £121k
THE WEST GREEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £118k
THE SHANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £224k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £555k
SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS income £1.5m
RENTRUST FOUNDATION LIMITED income £168k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
J N DERBYSHIRE TRUST	£146k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PRIMROSE TRUST FY2025	£121k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WEST GREEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£118k	—	0	unclear	3.8%	no doubt
THE SHANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£224k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£555k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2026	£1.5m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	33.1%	no doubt

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