DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2024 Registered Clwity No. 225031 The Derbyshire Arcbaeological and Natural History Society was founded at a meeting held at the Midland Hotel in Derby on 25 January 1878 and published the first volume of its Journal in the following year. In 1962 it fornially ce&sed to be a society for the study of Natural History and has subsequently been known as the D¢thyshire Archaeological Society. All of the Society's activities are arranged and managed on a volunlary basis by its members. The Society is open to anyone intcrested in its Objects. CHARITABLE OBJEcfs AND ACTIVITIES Purpose of the Society as set out in its Rules (as amend¢d in 2015) The objecls of the Society shall be the study of the archaeology and history of the County of Derby and allied subjects. the publication of original papers and documents, and the holding of m¢etingt> of an educational nature to dissemlnate information aboul those subjects. No activity shall be undertaken by the Society in pursuance of these objects which would prejudice its status as a charity. The objects of the Society also allow the fOrntiOn of 'such sections as it may from time to time think fit,. The subjecl areas of the cuent sections are: Archaeological Research: Architecture; Local History and Industrial Archaeology. Summary of the Society's main activities in relation lo those PUTposes for the public benefit The Derbyshire Archaeological Journal provides a permanent record of significant archaeological and historical research and is available in the public domain through libraries and online via the Archacology Data Service. Derbyshire Miscellany, a local history magazine, aims to engage a wide range of the public with their local heritage and is available in the public domain through libraries, with back copies available to dOlI02d on the Society's website. Public lectures organised by the Society and by its four constituent sectionq coverin archaeology, architecture, local history and industrial archaeology. These are mainly in a 'hybrid' fornmt that can be attended in-person or online from anywhere in the world. Walks and visits exploring sjtes ofinterest in the county and further afield. Members have priority booking for thcse, but any uDfill¢d places are advertised online lo the public. A library with an extrnsive collection of books and journals relevant to the history and archaeology of Derbyshire. The library is open to the public for browsing and research. Small grants to members to support volunteer-nm research or restoration projects relevallt to the Society's objects. Ownership, maintenance and interpretation of two historic Scheduled monuments owned by the Society, namely the remains of the medieval chapel at Cromford Bridge and of the Morley Park furnaces and the ownership of the Hill Square. Darley Abbey. A website that providcs infomiation about all our activities and links to online access to our publicattons, and to other orgallisations with relevant intcrests. collection of historical documenls, maps. plan& photographs and illustrations which is deposÉted at the Derbyshire Record Office available for public research. The Trustees believe that in undertaking these actsvities they have taken due regard of the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission. DAS Annual Report 2024
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Ptlblic lecturos Most of the Winter Programtne lectures are now presented &$ 'hybrid' events with in person talks held at St Mary's Church Hall in Derby being shown simultaneously on Zoom. The offer of a number of places on Zoom to the general public. via the Eventbrite online booking platforni continues to improve our public profile and has attracted ncw mcmbcrs. Whcre pcrn]issible, and with the speakers. agreemenL the lectures are also recorded and made availabl¢ ODline through the Society's w¢bsit¢ for a limited period. We continue to hold most of our meetings on Friday evenings at St Mary's Church Hall in Derby but from the begitming of the Wler Progrdmme 2024-2025 have been holding meetings in the morning on the last Saturday of the month at the Strutts Centre in Belper whffli the Library is also open. Speakcr (" c 2(Kkm Gary L(Kk* Subject Viewed r¢cordin Total in rson 5 J8nu8ry Living with the White H0C.. excavations at three RgewaY hill forts Becoming Chrisiian in Midland Britain AD51Mk1050". #n introduction to work on Dcrbyslll're parish&s History btsards for Long Ea¢ rallway slth. Littl¢ov and its surr(108 lantha. from Ice Age io DOm(Y- my r¢8¢awh and 13 65 30 108 13 January Library Open Day Members talks Jane Ait)vworth 62 NIA NIA 62 ts Mitchell Tony Brwkes 26 January D¢k Lattrn Thc trials and ¢rIbu10n5 of buildin an Ecothousc An ctcrnal sleep? B¢d bun'als in carl medieval E Thc Silk Road Historic inn names 24 NIA 24+ 2 February Emma Brow¢¢ 50 120 9 February 16 FebTuary 23 February Julian Hendcrson 23 48 66 137 Trevor J8mcs 26 JCB hclp ronStnt the Sudbury GaswoTks retort The mystery of ret passages n]nnin E¢neath the landsca Repairing the river wall at Matlttk and othLYgwTrA¢ology ( Shi riv Two excavations am h"hilatr¢S in Britain The Joan D'Arcy Lecttwe 21r24.. The seizure of church %( iti Derb shire 1552-3 The DAS Atchives 19 29 20 68 l March ja0$ Wrig li 49 NIA 60 8 March Satab Howard• 20 32 72 124 15 Match Tony Wilmot 28 49 125 23M Ili¢hard Clark 17 14 71 23 March Richard Clark & 17 24 81 AJuwblc Cliff Lca 5 April The RiOJings oil refinuy of 1848 175 vears Mediaeval grdffiti ID historic builth-n dvis of Ikrby. instnjment akus to mining i St Saviour's Churcl4 Foremark- 27 30 79 12 Apiil Mark Knight. NIA 47 37 84 11 MayAGM Members ta]ks Kcith RccdtDan 23 NIA 12 35 Ricbard Flb DAS Annual Report 2024
28 September R¢c¢nt archaeological excavations at the site of the Millord blcach and ¢ wo&s Th¢ I)¢TbyshiTe Htstoric 28 10 81 119 4 October Anna Cluley & Allan Baxter Chris Stone 16 NIA 19 35 I l O¢toFKr 35 49 108 Houge The history of CTich Trdmway M(Lum Why did 0pk build in brick in the re-ttidustml Midlands? 'ElwnL W¢l1-llMll and ncvcr thlll, _ the ¢huFch arclu"teCne of Riclthrd 26 OctoE¢r Frank Bagsbaw 21 32 l Novemlxr 26 55 101 8 Novemttr ChTi3Eopher Kcnnedy & Aid¢n Ridyard 18 24 42 66 15 Novernber David Rud]ing' Roman settlements aThJ la1 vs¢ in the Ouse val . Sussex A RODWI whoduTJnit? Curse tsblets from Roman Bri¢ain itt the Ea¥t Midlands Seeing thc complete piclure". discoveries ai a R(Kn villa in Ruliand Castles ID the Midlands". DettysbiTe and th¢ ti¢ighbouring 17 38 30 85 22 NovemLrr 16 55 117 30 Novem Jennifer Browning 37 25 41 103 13 December Philip Dixon NIA 63 51 114 Total nuTDbct5 for the y¢Ar Average per evclll 575 760 867 2202 25 36 39 88 ** A film of Derek Latham's project was made available foT members after the talk. Numbers viewing this were not recorded. Vi,¥it.s and oiher activilies For the summer programme we continued to use online booking which greatly simplifies administration and allows us to make any places not taken by members available to the public. DAS Annual Report 2024
Participants 10 Feb 8 Junc 27 Junc 6Jul 11 Jul 17 Jul 25 July Cromford Bri e 3D recordin Lichfield CathedrAI Close Musewn of Timek in and Lowdham si albox Industrial herita e at the National Stollc Ccntre Derb Rivcrboal tri Dronfield Hall Barn Gcorgian Bakewcll and the Old Hou% mcm (am & 14 13 16 12 12 17 15 2Au 6Au ust 13 August Derb Riverboat tri s and bum s in Whitwell Wood Southwell knstory tour (am)" archaeology tour (pm) 12 12 {am) & 13 20Au ust 31Au ust 4Se tember l O S tember Mclbournc Hail and ardens A ueduct Cotta and the Cromford canal Bel er North Mill Tnills 17 io 28 Summer Tour Th¢ Society's annual summer tours. which lyn in 2003. provide the opportunity to visit a range of sites too far away from Derbyshire to visit in a day, travelling by coach, with accommodation for 4- 5 nights arranged in a suitable hotel. The Society's 2024 Summer Tour lcd by David Carder was to Lancashire, based in Blackpool and was attended by 23 members. An account of the Tour was published in the DAS Newsleller Issue 99 Winter 2024. PuhlicutiOfLY The Derby.ghire Archaeological Journal (EditOTS: Philip Rid¢n and Richard Sheppard) The Journal is published annually by the Society and is free lo members as part of their annual subs¢ripiion. All volumes from Volume l. 1879, with the exception of the pasi fiv¢ years, have been di¥ilis¢d and are available on thc Archaeology Data Service. Thc ADS website provides a faciliiy to search by author or title. and PDF Copies of indiv1thl articles can b¢ downloaded free of charge. Fiv¢ cumulative indexes (for Volumes 1-121. 1879-2001) have also been digitised and are available to download from <)ur own website. Each volume ofthe Journal is also individually indexed. In 2024 publilation resumed of a summary of archaeological work in the county during the year, under the editorship of Richard Sheppard. DAS ATmual Report 2024
Derh yshire Archaeolo ical Journal Volurne 144 Jane Steer 193&2024 Derek Broomhead MBE. 1930-2024 Archaeology in DcTbyShC 2020-2023 2024 287 Richard Sheppard (ed) Tim Cockrell and Tim Birkhead Caitlin Halton Reuben Tho Rita Wood Chri%t() her Whittick Jane L Robinson An incised and pecked sandstone boulder at Longstone Edge. Derbyshire A medieval homestead at Btassington Lane, Tupton Earl twelfth-cenl Saltwa s near Derb Three puritan ministers and a conf¢r¢nrx at the bom¢ of Sir William and l.ad Bowes: unravellin Two chimneypieces supp)sedly made for Godfiry FolJanth¢ of Walton Hall in 1591 The tomb of John Bullock of Darle Abbe in St Alkmund's churLh, Derb The Bradbu family of Bankhead and earl ..uakerS in New Mills The exlent of vI ' tion on the Trent and its tribularies before 1700 scul ttwe in the Ashbourn¢ aTea David Bostwick David Bostwick R()&Ter M Bry_¢int Phili den Derby.shire Mucellany (Editor. Rebecca SheldoD) Derb shire Miscellan er Jennens Maxwell Craven Jim Sherlock Frank Haskew and Helen Livin slon Volume 23: Part 4 Autumn 2023 ublished November 2024 Thes Iter makers who came to Lower Hartsha Pickford's Housc- a Geor an archilect's home The Latter-Da Saints in 19th cen Rediscovering the 'New Railway.: a long-lost early railway at Swadlincote 32 es A combined i&8ue of Miscellary for 2024 will appear in 2025. Derby,Fhire Archaeological Society New.Iletter (Editor: Maxwell Craven) The DAS Newsletter is pr(MJuced twice a year and includes accounts of the Society's activities. news from the Council. library updates and details of forthcoming events. The Newsletter is also available on the Society's website. In 2024 it was decided to minimise costs by providing the Newsletter digitally to members and this began with Issue 98. Summer 2024. Copies continue to be print¢d and mailed to members who do not have internet access. or who have requested hard copies. The Library The Library continues to provide a useful and valuable resource for the Society. The decision to have talks on a Saturday moming to coincide with Librnry openmg times h&$ proved successful and this togTether with opening for special events has increased Ihe footfall. A partivular syecial ev¢nL was the Joan D'Arcy Lecture in March at which Peter Steer 01Cla11Y presented to the Society James Gibbs, book Rules for drawing the Severnl parts of Architecture ... dated 1736 and signed by Abraham Denstton, generously donated by his wife Jane Steer in memory of Joan D'Arcy. The book was on display and very much admired. At Jane's request it is now on loan to DeTby Museums and is held in the Joseph Wright Study Room. ' We were also very pleased to receive a donation of some sixty 19th century engineering drawings, the majority of which are related to the Cromford & High Peak Railway. These are of lll'storic value and have already generated considerable interest and we are hoping they will add much to the history
of the C&HP Railway. They have been fully catalogued by Ian Mitchell and Trevor Griffin and will be deposited at the Derbyshire Record Office. During 2024 181 books and journals have been issued and 60 books have been added to the collection. Some of these new additions hav¢ been donated for which we are grnteful. The library produces a digital quarterly newsletter that includes news and reviews of recent acquisitions. inforniation about some of the library's lesser known resear¢h resources and contributions by members on their own favourite items in the collectioll. We continue to receive enquiries from people outside the Society. the most recent being from a PhD student in Lausanne in Switzerland. [* Jane Steer died in November 2024 and an apprlation of her life and contribution to the Society was published in the DAJ Vol. 144, 2024] The Society's Arehives The Society's archives are held at the Derbysbire Record Office (reference D369) where they are available for public use. Two tslks on items in the archives were given by Richard Clark and Rosemary Annabl¢ following the Joan D'Ar¢y lecture in March. During th¢ y¢aT work began to provide fuller descriptions of material which is currently described as 'Unlisted' in the DRO online catalogue. Thi's includes sonJ¢ 900 photographs donated ts) the Society by th¢ widow of J W. All¢n. Represenlalion on outside bodies Derby City Council Conservalion and Heritage Advifory Commitlee The Society is currcntly unable to provide a representative for the D¢rt)y City Council Conservation and Heritage Advisory Committee. The committee advises DeTby City Council Planning Committee on applications that affect either: buildings or structures within a Conservation area andlor within the Derweni Valley Mills World Heritage Site (DVMWHS)" or ststutorily listed or locally listed buildings anywhere within the city. The committee is, from time to time. invited to comment on development proposals ('prc-apps.' b¢fc)rc any fornial planning applications are submitted. The committee is also asked to award an annual prize - the CJeorge R¢nnie Award- to a recent scheme on the grounds of eithcr appearanie, (Ir of sensitivity to the historic environment. The Derbyshire Archaeological Advisory Commitlee The Socicty is represented by Chris Wardle on the Derbyshire Archaeological Advisory Committee which offers advice on: planning. searCh, heritage assets and areas of particular importance worthy of conservation orprotective management in the county" and supports the dissemination of knowledge about the heritsge of the area and encourdges research of high quality. It also provides a fornm in which news on archaeological fieldwork in the county can be shared, including developer funded archaeology and has a role in the publicatioD of the magazine ACID (Archaeology and Conservalion in Derbyshir¢) and in the organisation of the annual Derbyshirc Archaeology Day. Contribution to the publication of ACID In 2024 Derbyshire County Council withdrew its contribution to the fimding of ACtD, the costs of which had previously been shared by them with the Peak Park Authority, leaving a substantial shortfall which would have made it impossible to produce the rnagazine free of charg¢ for distribution at Derbyshire Archaeology Day and through librdries and heritage outlets. In June the DAS Council resolved to donate £500 to the pr(MJuctiou of the magazine which. together with other do[tIons, en4ibled work to proceed on the design and production of ACID to the usual timetable. The costs of DAS Annual Report 2024
printing were then rdised by a successful Crowd Funding appeal and the magazine wa5 printed for distribution as normal at Derbyshire Archaeology Day in January 2025 at Chcstcrfield. Repre.*enlation al outside events The Society was represented at the CBA Meeting in May at Bakewell School. in June at a Comn]emorative Historical Fair held at Palmer Morewood Community Hall in Alfreton" and in July at the CBA Festival of Archaeology Closing Event at Hardwick Hall. Infornthtion about the Society, including its winter progrdmm4 w&s also made available at Dethyshire Archaeology Day. Members of Council participated in online meetings. arranged by the Council for British Archaeology, as part of a review of its aims and objectives. ResearL'h granls During the year a grant of £l(KX) was made from the Monica Pilling Fund to Castleton Historical Society as a contribution to the costs of producing the final pottery report for excavalions at New Hall and the medieval Hospitsl of the Blessed Mary at Castleton. Although the Society had already given two previous grants to the Castleton Historical Society (in 2017 lind 2019) tind does not nO1]Y give repeat grant funding within a certain time limit. it was considered important that this long- rnnning community projecL producing subslantial results on an important local site should be supported to publish its final Conclusions. BEQUESTS AND DONATIONS The Society continues to benefit from the generosity of its benefactors and members. The library is funded from the Pamela Staunton bequest and grants for members. own research are made available from funds bequeathed by Monica Pilling. As reported previously, in 2023 the Society received a bequest of £50(N) from the estate of Mrs Margaret Mallender. The Council resolved that some of these funds would be used to commission 3D laser scanning of the Society's properties, the Morley Park blast furnaces and the remains of Ihc medieval chapel at Cromford Bridge, ncither of which has ever been recorded in any detail. This work. which also included recording Cromford bridge and the interior of the adjacent fishing lodgc, was undertaken in January 2024 by MSDS Heritage who also dcmonstrat¢d the equipment to members of the Society. The work provide5 bas'e line surveys which can be used to monitor the condition of these sites over time. The asbistance of members of the Cromford Fly Fishers Club and the owners of Willersley Castle in facilitating access for the work is gratcfully acknowledged. The Repton Fund At reported in 2023. the Council has receivcd a g¢n¢rous donation from a member of the Society to establish a fund for the purpose of fiwthering the analysis and publication of the findings of the atchaeological excavations carried oul at Repton in the 1970s, 1980s and 19908 by Harold Mccarter Taylor, Birthe Kjobye-Biddle and Martin Biddle. which are as yet largely unpublished. The finds from the site (with the exception of the human remains) and the bulk of the excavation archive are now held at Derby Museums. The committee established to manage the fund had its first me¢ting in September 2024 when it defined the outlines of Ph&se l of the Project - a feasibility study - for which a draft brief has been prepared. The work is being caTTied out by the Society in partnership with Derby Museums. The Committee comprises: Rosemary Annable. DAS Chair and Jane HenbOthanL DAS Honorary Treasurer. Spencer Bailey, Collections Manager, Derby Museums" Steve Baker, Derbyshire County Council archaeologist. Chris Wardle, DAS Member. Andy Auste Derby Museums liepton volunteers group and Repton SIdenL DAS Annual Report 2024
FINANCIAL REVIEW Financialposilion iheyear end 31 December 2024 Income from donations, grants. subscriptions etc Expenses for charitable activiti, support and governance costs Net incoming resources £177.789 £31.889 £153,018 Re.Yerves policy and amount ofruerves held It is the policy of the trStee5 to maintain unrestricted funds. which are the free reserves of the charity to a level which will equate to a minimum of 6 months unrestricted expenditure. This is designed to provide sufficient funds to cover ongoing administration cosls of the charity. As shown in the balance sheeL unrestricted reserves at £160,136 are well in excess of this policy. Delail.g ofanyfvnd materially in deficit No fund was in material deficit at end of the year. Explanation of any unc¢rtainties about the charity continuing as a going concern The Trustees ale satisfied that the Society remains a going concern in tenns of membership and finanLe. but during the year a review of th¢ gov¢nwAce, managemcnt and activitics of thc socicty was initiated to detcm)in¢ a strategy for the future. STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing DoLwment The Society is an unincorporated association founded in 1878. Its governing document is the Rules as approved at the Annual General Meeting held on 24 April 2015. The Society is a Registered Charity. Governance and management The Council continues to keep under review the management of its financial resources in the ligbt of considerably increased costs. The Council has continued to review the Rules of the Society during the year in order to confonn to cUent legal standards and the recommendation8 of ihe Charity Colnmission. A number of rninor changes to the Rules are to be put to members al the Annual General Meeting in May 2025. An explanatory note on governance by the Deputy Chair. Richard Clark was published in the Winter New.yletter Issue 99. Data Protection andPrivary Poliry The Council continues to review its data protection procedures and privacy policy as it adopts new methods of workin8. including the use of online resources such &8 ZOO Eventbrite and Mailchimp. Society email addresses are now being adopted to eliminate any need for those who administer the Society to use personal email addresses. Property ownership The Society owns the retnains of the Morl¢y Park blast furnaces and of the medieval bridge chapel at Cromford and some land at Darley Abbey all of which properties are vested in the Official Custodian for Charitics. DAS Annual Report 2024
Land at Darley Abbey In 2015 when an application was being made by the S(iety's solicitors to registcr the land at Darley Abbey with the UK Land Registy, uncertainty w&8 expressed by some members of Council about the extent of the curtilage owned by the Socicty. Since that time this matter has been unresolved and members of Council have been under the impression that the Society owned only a very small and undefjned area adjacent to the Abbey In Thts propety was vested in the OtTIcial Custodians for Charitses without a plan and with an inadequate and (as has DOW been discovered) an ina¢cuTate description of the property. Following an enquiry by the owner of one of the properties on the Hill Square, Darley Abbey. further research was undertaken during the year using records held at the Derbyshire Record Office and the Society's title deeds held by its solicitors. It has now been established conclusively that the Society owns the open area known as The Hill Square. This is the Tesidue of the property that the Society purchased in 1936 in order to save the 'historical stone building., then thought to be a part of the old monastery at Darley Abbry. The bullding was subsequently sold by the Society in the late 1970s to the architect Mike Wood and his wife who restored and converted il to its present use as the Abbey Inn. The owneTr of the Abbey Inn and of all of the houses sUoUnd1nS the Hill Square have a right of way across the area owned by the Society. To Society has now engaged its solicitors, Elh'ot Mather. to continue the work b¢gun in 2015 to register the Hill Square property with the UK Land Registy: to advise the Society on its legal obligations and responsibilities for thc property. and to advise generally Morley Parkfyrnaces During the year the Society became aware of plans for a new National Grid electricity pylon mute that may pass Llose to the Morley Park blast furnaces. Members of the Industrial Archaeology Section attended a preliminary public consultation event for the project and have registercd our interest as landowners ensuring that the project is aware of the site's Slat as a Scheduled Monument. rru.vtee.election methots The charity i.s a membership organisation and its Honorary oific¢rs and members of the Council of management are elected by the members at the Annual General Meeting. The Honorary Officers and members of the Council of management are all trusiees of the charity. An investment committee. set up in 2021. advises the Council on suitable investments. The members of this committee are all trustees of the charity. MemberNhip The charity is a membership organisation. At the end of the year there were: 293 individual membership4 of which 64 are for two or more persons at the same address 29 institutions 25 new mcmbers joined during the year 46 n]embers werc rcmoved from membership due to resignation, non-renewal, or an inadequate standing order payment (the last category after multAple reminder notices since the subscription increa8e scvcr2J years ago). DAS Amlual Re ort 2024
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS ChaTity Dame: DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOIA)GICAL SOCIETY Registered Charity number: 225031 (England and Wales) Website: www.derbyshireas.org.uk E-mail: secr¢tary@derbyshireas.org.uk Contact address: The Hunorary Treasurer 59 Hickton Road Swanwick Derbyshire DE55 IAG Names of the charity trustees who managed the cl)arity dwing 2024: Trustee name Jane Ainsworth Offi¢¢ held Dates acted if not for whole Anne Allcock Honorary Librarian Chair Ro8cmary Annable Tony Brookes Richard Clark John D'Arcy Denise Grace Resigned 29 May 2024 Deputy Chair Jane Heginbotham Janette Jackson lan H Mitchell Web Master and Progrnmme ordinator Stuart IaD Mitchell Resigned at AGM I l May 2024 Susan Peberdy Rebecca Sheldon Honorary Secretary Editor of Derbyshir¢ Miscellany Resigned al AGM I l May 2024 Approved by the Council on 9 April 2025 Signed on behalf of the Trust¢¢s....... DAS Annual Rert 2024 io
REGISTERED CHARrtY NUMBER: 225031 DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIErY REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDrrED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 R•port of t Trusts•s Indepèndent Examln•rfs R•port Stat•mo1rt of Flnanclal A¢tfvllle• Balan Sh••t 4 to S Not8s to the F•n•nclal Stat•ments 6 to 13 D•talled Statomt of Flnanelal Activllios 14 to 15
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIErY REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2024 The trustees present report with the finara81 statements of the drity for the year ended 31 08txnb8r 2024. The trik8t88s have adc4)t8d the prOvisS of hLtounting and RepoTb"ng by Chariiies.. Statement of Recommended Practice applr2ble to tharities rffeparing their aUnts th 8Lxordance wlth the Flnandal Rewbng StsrKlard appk3bl8 in thè UK and Rowb1 of Irdand IFRS 102) (effectiva 1 January 20191. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Govamlng document The charlty is conlmlled by wvemirvj d0a1nL a deed oflnMt arJ thrte$ unlncorFXated tharity. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Reglgtored Charlty numbgr 225031 Princlpal addrms 59 Hicklon Road Swsnwlck Derbyshire DE55 1AG Trustse8 Ind8p8nd•nt Examln•r G S Gilbert FCA CAMERON HUGHES LTD Chart8red Accwntants 16 Jybiloe Parkwoy Jubilge Busin8ss P Derfoy Dert)yshire DE2148J Approved by ordgr ofthe board oftrustoes on 9 Awil 2025 ¥#J &gned M its behalf by.. - Z/i,.
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIErY Independent examinerfs report to the trustees of Oerbyshire Archaeological Society I report to the tharity trustees on my examinabon of the accounts of Derbyshire knhaedogbcal SocEty {the Twstl for the yearerKled 310oc8mb8r 2024. Responsibilities and basts of rwrt As the charity twstees of the Tntst are reswwble k the rAY)av8tiC of Ihe acc•JJnts in acct4riance wKh the requirements of the Charl1 Act 2011 (llh& Art). I rew)rt in respect of my examinati of the Trusfs accounts carried under Seclion 145 of the Act and in carying out my examinalion I have fdIcAd all auble 'rectionS gNen by thè Chanty Commisslon undei Section 145(5Xb) of A( Independent examlnefs ststsm•nt I have cOmet9d my exarrmnation. I cy)nfm that material mattels have ¢xme to my attenlion In connacuon with the 8xaminatK)n g1vW me cause lo believe that in any maten.al respect: xounts'ng records wern not kept in resffj ofthè Trust as Tequir&J by Seditin 130 ofthe Act.. or Ihe accounts do not a(tord wth ttN)se relths: or Ihe a¢nts do not CA)mpty Nwth applicable requiremenls conceming the fom and content of accounts sel 1 in the Charthes {Actnts arwj Repts) Regulatn$ 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts gfve a true fatrvltr whk* Is ncl 8 rrts Ctrttt 88 part of an Indep&)dent examinallon. I have no Clcem$ and hav8 com6 ac¥05S M other matt8r5 in ojnrwtim with th8 examinatKJn lo whith attgnfjon 8hould be drasvn in this rert order to enth a pryr OrsIandry ol th8 acUnts to be reach8d. ¢cKf . G S Gilbert FCA CAMERON HUGHES LTD Chartered Accountants Derty Date..
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVrnES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 2024 Tolal funds 2023 Totsl funds funts fvnd INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donations and18garyes 11.5Sg 150.0 161.568 16.063 Other Ir8dkng acwbe5 Inveglmenl Incune Other ifKX)m 372 2284 12.991 372 2,858 12,991 349 560 21.177 574 Totsl 27.215 150,574 17T.789 38,149 EXPENDrtURE ON Charltsblo actlvltl815 Publlcalions General 12,657 25.839 27.020 27.020 Olher 1.569 1,279 Totsl 31.889 31,889 39,775 Net galns on Inveslme 7.118 7,118 10.802 NEf INCOME 19),574 153.018 9.176 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total lunds tCgl f(xwwd 157.692 7.243 172.498 163.322 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 160,136 158.137 7.243 325,516 172.498 Page 3
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIErY BALANCE SHEEr 31 DECEAIBER 2024 2024 2023 FIXED ASSETS Tangible assets Investments 781 108.171 91,054 108,952 91.898 CURRENT ASSETS Debtors Cash at bank 225.348 85,215 229.152 89,019 CREDoRs Amour*ts fallirwJ due wilhin ane {12.588} (8,419) NET CURRENT ASSETS 216.564 80.600 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURREKr LIABILrriES 325.516 172,498 NET ASSETS 325.516 172,498 continued...
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIErY BALANCE SHEEf- continued 31 DECEMBER 2024 FUNDS Unrestrrcted fvnts: G8noral Monica Pilling Beqlst Fund Spec1 Speaker Fund Pamela Staunton Bequesl Fund 11 4,820 38.969 1.118 115,231 12,929 31.994 816 111.953 160,136 157,692 Restricted )lJnds." AShume Replon 7,951 150,186 158.137 7,563 Endcv4mènl fijnds: ErKlowmenl 7,243 7.243 TOTAL FUNDS 325.516 172.498 The finanual statements approved by ts Bowd of Tntst and arthcrfi*tt frx issu9 on 9 Apil 2025 and were signed on its behalf by: 'A/ZI / z/i.. nJsts6 n¢Aes form part ofthese Page 5
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIErY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2024 ACCOUNTING POUCIES Basis of prwing the financial statem The financial ststements of the charity. whth is a pUle benefft enw under FRS 102. have been prepared in accordance wih thè Chaiities SORP (FRS 102) 'Ac(nI1j and Rert1ThJ by Chariti&s.' statement of Rg¢ommended Pwlice apWKabl8 to ctsritios prgparing Iheir ac¢ounts in accordance with the Financial Repth'ng Standard applica8 in the UK ar¥J Reput4ic of Irelarnl {FRS 102} (effective 1 January 20191.. Finan(ial Rewting Standard 102 The Finan(ial ReFthing Standard applicable in the UK 8NI Rèpublic of Irelan(r and Ihe Choribes AL# 2011. The financial statents have been prepared under the histL¥Kal cost conventw. vAlh the excptKx) of investm8nts 4ndl8d al mafkel value. as mcdified by the revaluation of certain assets. Flnanclal wgportlng Standard 102 . reduced dl•closure •x8n¥XIo The tharity has laken advantage of Ihe fc4hm.ng disclosurv exernptth in preparing these fingna81 stat8m8nts. as pomiitted by FRS 102 Financyal RoFK)rbrg Slandard applicabl8 in tho UK and Republic of Ireland,: roouirements of seCC 7 Statem8rrt of C&sh FkyK. All incomg B recogrised in thè Statement of FinaTril ktiVi1 Or ihe d)arity has 8ntlu8nt to th8 fuTrts. it 18 prObae that th8 inc£no be rK8bv8d Ihe affwnt can bg m8asured reliay. Exp•ndlture Liabilities are recoJnis&J as eXFJ a8 Se as there ts a18gal or (x)nstnJ¢tive 0bFKda¢)n cfjmmltbThJ the charity lo that expeIKre. 11 L8 sxcOabl8 thal a transfgr of e¢orn benefits VAII bè required In sottlemenl aTKI the anUnt of the ob1JaI txn be measured rlay. Expgnditure is aOnted for on an 8c£ru81s basi5 arKI has been Classif under headiro5 that ajgregate all cost related to the category. Whwe costs ¢8nnot be directty atIn"tted to pa1&f hè&thrgs have b88n allrxated to activths on 8 basis crMsist6nt th the use ol resourc8s. Grants crfternd subject to OJKlitions wthith have not been met at the year end dale are rboted as a commltrnenl but not acc¥ued as expendiiure. Tanglble fix•d assets DeprecAatKn is pwded at the fdk)wiThJ rjaI rat8s in ler to write off asset over As esltsnaled uselul lrfe. FMure8 and fftlirwJs Taxatlon Fund accounting Unrestricted fvnds can be Ltsed in &ccYdance wih al the discralion of the trusts¢s. Restricted funds (an orty be used p&tiCr reslrKted purrK)ses within Ihe ctyeus of the ch8rity. Reslrictirms arise vhw SE)fi1 by the donc fimds a rdised fcy PaTticaJlar reslricted rAJfj)oses. FtJMh8r expknation of the nature aixl puw fuThJ is i*1 in Ihe to the finanaal stslements. Page 6 continued...
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIErY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - conlinugd FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 OTHER TRADING ACTlVtnES 2024 2023 Sale of arKI bc Royaty fees 283 89 65 372 349 INVESTMENT INCOME 2024 2.858 560 TRUSTEES. REMUNERATION AND 8ENEFrrs There le no Irnstees, remunerati or othar the yw 31 Dmber 2024 nor for the year ended 3108c*mber 20rJ. Thare were thjstees. gxtWbSOS F4kl f Ihè WKl•J 31 DoCnb 2W24 nor for the year ended 31 Downber 2023. COMPARATIVES FOR THE sfATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIWllES LlnrestrKted Restricted En(hMn8nl fiJThJ5 fund8 frjnd Tolal INCOME A14D ENDOWMENTS FROM DonatiS and legacies 16. 16,063 Olher tradir#J acthii Inveslmenl income other income 349 242 21.17T 349 318 21,177 Tolal 37.831 318 38,149 EXPENDtruRE ON Charilable actlvftlos PublKations Gene1 12,857 25.839 12.657 25,839 1,279 Tt)lal 39,775 39,775 Net gains on inveslMts 10.W2 10,802 Page 7 ¢tinued...
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIErY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEp¥fs - ¢ontinuod FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 COMPARAThIES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES- continued Total fvjnds lunds fijnds fu INCOME 8.858 318 9.176 RECONCIUATION OF FUNDS Totsl funds browJht ftyward 148.834 7.245 7,243 163,322 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 157,692 7,243 172,498 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Fixiures and fitts'ngs COST At 1 Januwy 2024 and 31 t)oc8mb8r 2024 2.129 DEPRECIATION At 1 January 2024 Charge for year 1,285 63 At 31 D8C8mb8r 2024 1.348 NET BOOK VALUE Al 31 December 2024 781 At 31 Drnter 2023 FIXED Ass INVESTMENTS Listed Investments hlARKET VALUE At 1 January 2024 Addthons Revaluatior 91,054 9.999 7,118 At 31 December 2024 108,171 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 t)mber 2024 108.171 At 31 Dewnber 2023 91,054 There were rKJ irNesfvnt assets the U
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIEfY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- conllnued FOR ThIE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2024 Cost or valuati( at 31 De(yntw 2024 15 reese by. Listsd investrnents Vauation in 2024 108.171 DEBTORS: APAOUNTS FALUNG DUE ONE YEAR 2024 2023 Debt8 wepayTh8nts 3.804 CREDtfoRS: AMOUNTS FALUNG DUE Y4miiN ONE YEAR 2024 2023 12,588 8.419 10. ANALYSIS OF ASSEfs BEfviEEN FUNDS 2024 2023 Tolal funds funds fund fvnds F(8d as8ets Investrnents Current assets Current liabilrfaes 187 108.171 781 108,171 229,152 {12.5881 91,054 89.019 18.4191 1S8.137 6,649 112,588> 180.136 158.137 7,243 325,516 172,498 Page 9 continu...
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIEtY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- conllnued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Transfe At 31.1224 At1.1.24 funds funds Unr•8trlct•d funds General frjnd Monic8 Pilling Bequest FurKI Spedal Speaker Fund Pam8La Stsunton Beqt Fw 12,929 31.994 816 111,953 12287} (5.822) 6.490 4,820 38.969 1.116 115.231 16681 157.692 160.136 R••trlct•d lunds AshMe Repton 7.951 150,186 150,186 150,574 158.137 Endowmerrtfund Endowment 7,243 7.243 TOTAL FUNDS 172.498 153.018 325.516 Net mOVent in fvTh16, wickKled in the atwm arg a$ folkws.. InwnirwJ Resources Gabns and h)55es Movement in fijnds Unr•strfctod fund• General fund Monica Pilling Bequest Furwj Special Sp8ak8r Fund Pamela Stsurrton Bequest Fund (30,3141 (1.0621 1.372 1.358 12,2871 485 3C 71 {513) 27.215 131.889) 7,118 R¢strf¢tod fvnds Ashboume Repkni 388 150.186 150.186 150.574 150.574 TOTAL FUNDS 177.789 (31.8891 7.118 153.018 Page 10 nlinued...
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIErY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- conllnuod Comparativos for movgThnt In fund• Transfers between movement At1.1.23 31.12.23 Unr•8trid¢d fund• General fund mon PilliThJ Bequ&st Furwj Speual Speaker Fund Pamela Stsunton 88quesl Fund (596} 29.130 816 118,888 13,525 12,929 31,994 816 111.953 6.590 (13.525) Roltrlcted fundB Ashboume 148.834 8,858 157,692 7.245 318 7.563 Endowment fvndB Endowmnt 7.243 7,243 TOTAL FUNDS 163.322 9,176 172,498 CcrfnparalSv8 net movoffthl in funds, wlljad fft tha abové are as folows.. Incomirbj Resource8 Gains arAJ Movement in funds Unrnstrfctsd fund• Geneial fund nica Piln9 Bequest FuThJ Pamela Staunton Bwjuest FuThJ 37.520 (38,1161 1263) 11,396} 1596} 2,864 6,5 2.971 7.831 155 strlcted funds AShtrJMe 37.831 {39.7751 10,802 318 318 TOTAL FUNDS 38.149 (39,775) 10.802 9,176 PaJe11 conlinued...
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIErY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continuod FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 11. IOVEMENT IN FUNDS- continu•d A Cuent year 12 rthS and wior 12 nKnths crmbin*J 15 as folkhv&' TT8nsf8 At1.123 in furKIs 31.12.24 Unrestrlctgd fund¥ General furKI Monica PilliNJ Bequest FwKI Special Speaker Fund Pamela Staunton Bequest Fur#J (2.8831 3,349 7,703 6,4 4,820 38,969 1.116 115,231 29.130 816 118,888 10.536 {14,1WJI 148,834 11.302 160,136 Ashb Repton 7.245 7,951 150,186 150,186 7,245 150.892 158.137 Endowmont funds 7.243 7,243 TOTAL FUNDS 163.322 162.194 325,516 A currenl year 12 mcfflths and FffKY ypar 12 nth8 CbIn&j net nv)Vennt in funds, Sncluded in tha abové are as fc41cJo%' IrK¥)tYing Resources Galns and Movement I funds Unrnstri¢t•d lunds General fund Monica Pilling Beq1 FuThJ Speaal SFeaker Fund Pamela Staunton Bfjqt FurKI 64.175 345 (68.4301 {1.3251 1,372 4.329 12,8831 3,349 {1,9)91 12.219 10,536 65.IM6 171.664) 17.920 11,302 Restrlcted fund8 Ashbwmo Replon 706 150.186 706 150,186 150.892 150,892 TOTAL FUNDS 215,938 {71,6641 17.920 162,1&1 Page 12 crmtinued...
DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIErY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 11 RELATED PARTY OISCLOSURES There were no related paty for the yew erNhJ 31 Oecember2024. P•Jè13
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIErY Ind8p8nd8nt examlnerfs report to the trust of Dèrbyshlre Archaeological So¢i•ty I report lo the chanty tDJstees on my examula of the accounts of Derbyshire ArcJ)aeol¢yJKal Society Ilhe Trust) the ye8r ended 31 Dmber 2024. Responslblllllos and basls of rnport As the tharity trustees of Tryt you are responsib kn thè Ihe ac0ts in ac£ordants wrth the requirements of the Charitses Act 2011 fthe Adl. I report in respect of my examination of the Trusvs accounts cani8d Ixrt under Seclion 145 of the Aet and in carylr@ out my examinalwjn I have all applKable Direthons given by the Charity CoMmisOn under Secbon 145(5Mbl rA th8 ACL Indendent examln•¢s ststom¥nt I have coffieted my exarYMnatKm. I C that rKJ matsrfal rnattets have o)m8 to my attgntlon In conngc with the examinalhjn gNiThJ me to beligve that in any matorial respecL ac£ounting rewds were not k8Pt in r8spec crfthe Tntst as required by Secon 130 crflhe Act: or the accounts do not accord th those reccfds.. or th8 acLxMJnts do not ¢xmpty with the appluble wuwements the fomi and conlent ol accounts set out in the Charilies (AMInts and ReF4NtsI Regulati(Y¢s 2008 other than any requirement that the aUnts gfve a In 8j fair is Th)t a matttr cortsld¥&J as part of an iThJ8pendent examlnatkjn. I h8ve no concems 8rhl have com8 acnjss no other Matte in connectitm wth the ex8mlnation to whlth att6nlion shouhj bo drawn in this rekKN1 in tyder io enablg a proper undw51anding of the accounts lo bo roachod. G S Gilbgrt FCA CAMERON HUGHES LTD Chartergd Acntsnts Defby Page 2