DERBY DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION

Registered charity 527038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERBY DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF EDUCATION

To advance the work of Christian Education and training in the parishes of the Diocese of Derby and to enable and encourage the work of Church of England schools in the Diocese by: Maintaining and improving school buildings using EFA grants. Being an active partner in school improvement in Church schools. Increasing the quality and quantity of provision for children and young people in parishes.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE DIOCESE AND IN PARTICULAR TO ORGANISE AND PROVIDE FUNDS IN AID OF SUCH WORK. FOR FURTHER OBJECTS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: DIOCESE OF DERBY

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports total net assets of £3,310,082, with unrestricted funds of £1,033,443. The accounts state the entity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity received a clean audit opinion confirming the financial statements give a true and fair view.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bourne and Co. Discloses 6 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 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
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

35 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (34 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aimee Catherine Tinkler · trustee of 1 other charity
• Canon Christine Mary Holmes-Elener · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carol Fearria
• Diane Gabrielle Fretwell
• Emily May Brailsford · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jo-Anne Emma Richardson
• John Payne
• Oona Luise Gilbertson
• Rev Philip James Selby · trustee of 4 other charities
• Sarah Helen Kerr Barley-McMullen
• Susan Jane Whyld
• Teresa Ann Nicholls
• The Right Reverend Elizabeth Jane Holden Lane · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Venerable Nicola Jane Fenton

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Canon Christine Mary Holmes-Elener — trustee here and at THE DERBY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED
• THE RT REVD ELIZABETH JANE HOLDEN LANE — trustee here and at THE DERBY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLACKBURN DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION.

• BLACKBURN DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £1.5m
• OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £6.1m
• GLOUCESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £507k
• NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN EDUCATION BOARD income £79k
• THE SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION (INCORPORATED) income £8.8m
• LINCOLN DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £685k

Side by side with its peers

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