The Nancy Derbyshire Trust

Analysis

The Nancy Derbyshire Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in November 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Nancy Derbyshire Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £10k, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £26k to £37k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Nancy Derbyshire Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Great Yarmouth Relief-In-Need Trust (£37k), Sir Edmund Gregory Samson Burford Alfred Mannerings Kemsley Chatham Sick Poor Fund (£37k) and The Bolel Charitable Trust (£37k).