THE DORSET ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS CENTRE TRUST COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 900287 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERC, DORSET ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS CENTRE

The principal activity of the charity is the advancement of public education in the natural history and geology of Dorset.

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£277k

Latest spending

£241k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £36,384 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £277,155 and total expenditure of £240,771. Unrestricted reserves stood at £394,233, which the trustees confirmed was in accordance with their policy to hold funds covering three months' expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Data searches (43% of income)

“Data searches 118,475” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £394k)

“the reserves policy requires that DERC should hold instant access funds at a level that will cover three months’ expenditure” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

European Union’s LIFE – nature fund — “In 2001 the Urban Heath Partnership (UHP) was awarded £1.2 million by the European Union’s LIFE – nature fund to help combat urban pressures…” (source page)

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

KEVIN GRAEME COOKchair
Annabel Judy King
Dr JENNIFER ANN CRIPPS
Dr Philip Howard Sterling
IMOGEN DAVENPORT
JOHN ANTHONY NEWBOULD
JOHN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS
SARAH ANN HATTEN WELTON · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£277k	£241k
31/03/2024	£283k	£270k
31/03/2023	£229k	£247k
31/03/2022	£274k	£183k
31/03/2021	£173k	£169k

Common questions

Is THE DORSET ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS CENTRE TRUST COMPANY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £36,384 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £277,155 and total expenditure of £240,771. Unrestricted reserves stood at £394,233, which the trustees confirmed was in accordance with their policy to hold funds covering three months' expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits. 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
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/02/1999	£27k	"Professor Goods Dorset Botanical Archive"