South Derbyshire CVS

Analysis

South Derbyshire CVS is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alexandra Road. It was registered in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04958843). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South Derbyshire CVS reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.5m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, South Derbyshire CVS sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Booth Centre (£1.5m), Sisters of Charity of St Jeanne Antide CIO (£1.5m) and The Mary Kinross Charitable Trust (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73% and donations and legacies 26%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £101k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 people.