DERBYSHIRE LAW CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 702419 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESTERFIELD LAW CENTRE

To provide a range of legal advice and representation services to the most disadvantaged communities in Derbyshire.

Objects

(I) TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING WITHIN THE AREA OF THE BOROUGH OF CHESTERFIELD AND NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE AND ANY OTHER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AS DIRECTED BY THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH LEGAL SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH LACK OF MEANS; (II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE IMPROVEMENT AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND THE PRACTICE OF THE LAW AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, HAVING REGARD ESPECIALLY TO THOSE AREAS OF THE LAW WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO POOR PEOPLE OR ARE DIRECTED TO THE RELIEF OF POVERTY; (III) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE BOROUGH OF CHESTERFIELD AND NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE AND ANY OTHER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AS DIRECTED BY THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF CHESTERFIELD AND NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £51,521 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a loss of core funding from local authorities. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £275,997 remain above the stated minimum requirement of £116,738, allowing the organization to withstand the deficit, although future cashflow is impacted by the cessation of specific council contracts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BHP LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• 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
• Volunteer 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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 20/02/2024, 20 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02453081

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Derbyshire Law Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• BRUNO, Martin — director, appointed 30/03/2026on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Dawn — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• BARKER, Nigel — director, appointed 24/02/2025on trustee list
• YOUNGS, Benjamin Steven — director, appointed 30/01/2025on trustee list
• SKINNER, Derrick, Councillor — director, appointed 05/12/2024on trustee list
• SMITH, Philip John — director, appointed 07/10/2024on trustee list
• SOUTHWELL, Robert — director, appointed 21/08/2024on trustee list
• STONE, Martin Michael — director, appointed 07/12/2023on trustee list
• WILSON, Mick — director, appointed 02/12/2019on trustee list
• TIDD, Elaine — director, appointed 24/07/2019on trustee list
• BUSBY, Robert William — director, appointed 30/01/2019on trustee list
• WEBSTER, Angela Margaret Susanne — director, appointed 04/09/2018not on trustee list
• SHAW, David Roland — director, appointed 03/12/2012on trustee list
• FLOOD, Jenny — director, appointed 27/07/2011not on trustee list
• WILSON, Mick — secretary, appointed 08/02/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANGELA MARGARET SUSANNE WEBSTER LCCMD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Benjamin Youngs
• DAVID ROLAND SHAW
• Dawn Taylor
• Derrick Skinner
• Elaine Tidd · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jennifer Mary Flood · trustee of 2 other charities
• Martin Bruno
• Martin Stone
• Mick Wilson
• Nigel Barker
• Philip John Smith
• Robert Southwell
• Robert William Busby

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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