CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 0110112024 to 3111212024 Charity name: Derbyshire Swift Conservation Charity registration number: 1206439 Objectives and Activities SORP reference Sumrnary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document Para 1.17 To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation of the Common Swift {Apus apus) in Derbyshire by raising general awareness of the declining status of this species, identifying and protecting existing nest sites and by encouraging the provision of additional nest sites across the coun Raising general awareness of Ihe declining status of this species: talks, events, social media. website Identifying existing nest sites.. extensive surveying in breeding season Protecting existing nest sites: raising awareness, establishing links with landlords, ommunity housing associations, residents Encouraging the provision of supplementary nest sites across the county: -facililating the installation of swift nest boxes by means of raising awareness, provision of advice on location & box type, financial incentives li.e. providing subsidies to those buying boxes) and the provision of professional installation -lobbying for the routine installation of Swfft breeding bricks into new housing developments across the county by reviewing planning applications. engaging with planning authorities and biodiversity officers to insist on Swift bricks being a condition of lannin roval As set out by the Charity Commission {Guidance on Public Benefit in respect of the public benefit requirement in running a harity and its reporting), the Trustees consider that they have complied with their duty to have due regard lo the Commission's public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant. Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the aGGounts. P4rd 1.17 and 1.19 ststement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit Para 1.18 Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about.. SORP reference Polic on rant makin Policy on social investment including program related investment Contribution made by volunteers Para 1.38 NIA Para 1.38 NIA Para 1.38 All our activities in 2024 were conducted by volunt6ers, whether trustees of the CIO or not Other Achievements and Performance SORP refèrence Raised general awareness of the declining status of this species: we organised display stands and Swift walks across the county to inform the public and showcase the excitement of observing Swifts at their colonies we established our website. facebook and twitter feeds to infomi and interact with Swift enthusiasts across the county and beyond we gave several Swift lalks to local conservation and community groups we extended our activities more generally by means of articles on Swifts in local n8wspapers, parish magazines and other publications Identifying existing nest sites: by extensive use of volunteer groups to survey in the breeding season we contributed over 500 Swift nest records to the Derbyshire Swift Survey nest site location databas8 and, subsequently, the Derbyshire Biological Records Centre Protecting exlsting nest sites: we worked with a brewery chain and a community housing association with properties in a Swift "hotspof to ensure the Swifts bre8ding on buildings owned by both organisations would be protected Encouraging the provision of additional nest sites across the county: we installed over 150 Swift nest boxes across the county on private homes. schools and churches lobbying of the 10 planning authorities in the county resulted in several hundred Swift bricks being conditioned on new developments Sumtnary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the differen￿ the charity's work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as whole. Para 1.20 Successfully applied for substantial funding from the Heritage Lottery for the Derbyshire Dales Swift Project approx £250k was awarded to DSC to employ 3 staff and install substantial mitigation across the Derbyshire Dales over a 2 year eriod. startin in earl 2025. Additional infom)ation (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about.. Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance offundraising activities against objectives set NIA Para 1.41 NIA Investment performance against objectives Para 1.41 NIA other We are founder members of the Swifts Local Network Swifts & Planning Group., this was set up to establish optimal m8thods of interacting with local planning authorilies. The Swifts Local Network is a national informal ne￿Ork of over 100 Swift groups located across the UK. In 2024 we attended the 7th International Swift Conference held in Trieste, Ital Financial Review Review of the charity's financi81 position al the end of the period Para 1.21 All transactions recorded on a spreadsheet. as of 31 Dec 2024, balance of £109.461.31 as an amount of £107855.55 got transférred in from TNLHF on 1611212024 No reserves held Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves statin wh the are held Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero reserves Details of fvnd materially in deficit Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern Para 1.22 Para 1.22 Para 1.22 No risks identified Para 1.24 Para 1.23 Award of grant for swift conservation in DDDC is a game changer- funds will be r1ng-fen￿d. (restricted) Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about.. The charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 Small local govemmeni grants, personal donations. contributions from trustees. At the end of 2024. a substsntial grant was received from the National Lottery Heritage Fund TNLHF NIA Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy ado ted A description of the principal risks facing the charity Pafa 1.46 Para 1.46 The 3 biggest risks to maintsining meaningful conservation activities are factors which may impact the (in dacreasing order of potential impactl= continued availability of motivaled and informed volunteers across the region 2. continued availability of competent trustees 3. availability of funding for box installation schemes Other Structure, Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts= eof ovemin How is the charity constituted? Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees document Para 1.25 Constitution Charitable Incorporated Organisation Para 1.25 Pora 1.25 Appointed by existing trustees Addltional infomiation (optional) You ma choose lo include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures Pard 1.51 NIA in 2024 adopted for the induclion and trainin of trustees The charity's organisational structure and any wider n81work wilh which th8 chari works Relationship with any related arties other Para 1.51 NIA Para 1.51 NIA Reference and Administrative details Chari name Other name the chari uses Re istered chari number Charity's principal address Derb shire Swift Conservation NIA 1206439 (current address, not that used to register the CIO in 2024) clo 5 Marsden Close Duffield, Belper DE56 4DB Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Truste• namtr Offleè lif any) Detes acted rf not for whole ear Chair Name of person lor body) •ntitled oint trustee ifan Andy Broadhurst Nick Brown Mick Hardwick Claire Mèad Treasurer 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Cor orate trustees- names of the directors at the date th8 re ort was a Dlrector namè roved Name of trustees holding tille to property belonging to the charity Trustee name Dates actsd rf not for whole ear Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets NIA held in this ca aci Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets ar8 held and how this falls within the custodian chari 's ob.ects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the chari 's own assets NIA NIA Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional infomiation) Type of Name Address advlser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional inforniation) Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of ke ersonnel details Other o tional information Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Posilion (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Andy Broadhurst Chair Mick Hardwick Treasurer Date 15 October 2025 **Derbyshire Swift Conservation 1206439 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 1/8/2024 12/31/2024 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**2,988**
Sales
**330**
Grant funding
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,318**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 3,318**
**A3 Payments**
Purchase of boxes
**150**
Expenses and consumables
**1,562**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 1,712**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 1,712**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 1,606**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 1,606**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**107,856**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**107,856**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**107,856**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**107,856**
**-**
**-**
**107,856**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,988**
**330**
**107,856**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**111,174**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**111,174**
**150**
**1,562**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,712**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,712**
**109,462**
**-**
**-**
**109,462**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**-**|**2,988**|**-**| |||**-**|**330**|**-**| |||**-**|**107,856**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**111,174**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**111,174**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**150**|**-**| |||**-**|**1,562**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**1,712**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**1,712**|**-**| |||||| ||**107,856**|**-**|**109,462**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**107,856**|**-**|**109,462**|**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Cash (NatWest charity account)
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,606**
**107,856**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,606**
**107,856**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
M. J. Hardwick
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| |||M. J. Hardwick|10/15/2025| ||||| CHARITY COMMISSION | FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report bÉto£MsAIQE SU)Ipf CCUL seoL*II OLJ On a¢¢ounts for the y•ar ended 31_ 11-?oz Charity no {rfany) IZoL4-I9 Set out on pag•8 I report to the trust￿ on my examin8tK)n oflhe a￿OUnts ofthe above charity {Yhe Tntsn fly erKled Responslbllltl•$ and ba¥1$ of report As the charity$ trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of fn8 accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 he ACY). I rep￿ in respect of my examination of the Trusvs accounts carried out ¥Jnd8r section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my gxamination, I under section 145{Sllbl of the Act. Independènt examinerfs statement l rfnot applioable. I have complgled my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in conn8ction bwth the examinab.on loth8F -diÉd•*Wwhich gives me cause lo t*liove Ihat In. any material re8pect.' the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Ad; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements {A¢counts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requiTpment that the accounts gtve a 'lrue and fairf view which is not a mattèr cOns￿ered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connectson with the examination to which attention should ￿ drawn in this report in order to ena￿e a proper understgnding of the accounts lo be reached. s￿ned. Dato: l}-io- Nam•: Relevant professional qualificationl$} or body IER Oct 2018