The Derbyshire Community Health Services Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Derbyshire Community Health Services Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chesterfield. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Derbyshire Community Health Services Charitable Trust reported income of £149k and spending of £347k, spending 233% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £373k to £149k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Derbyshire Community Health Services Charitable Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childhood Cancer Parents Alliance (£149k), Asbestos Support Central England (£149k) and Grapevine Project (£149k).