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 fOrn￿tiOn of 'such sections as it may from time to time think
fit,. The subjecl areas of the cu￿ent 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 dO￿lI02d 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.
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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 W￿ler 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 H0￿C..
excavations at three R￿gewaY
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 Lattr￿n
Thc trials and ¢rIbu￿10n5 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 r￿onStn￿t 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"hil￿atr¢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 Fl￿b
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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(L￿um
Why did ￿0pk build in brick in
the re-ttidustml Midlands?
'ElwnL W¢l1-llMll￿ and
ncvcr thlll, _ the ¢huFch
arclu"teCn￿e 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 la￿1 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.
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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% m￿c￿m (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 indiv1th￿l 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.
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Derh yshire Archaeolo
ical Journal Volurne 144
Jane Steer 193&2024
Derek Broomhead MBE. 1930-2024
Archaeology in DcTbySh￿C 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 0￿1Cla11Y 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 appr￿lation 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
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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 nO￿￿1]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 He￿nbOthanL 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
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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 tr￿Stee5 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
cU￿ent 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.
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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 sU￿oUnd1nS 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 methot*s
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).
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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.......
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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 Statom￿t 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 finar￿a81 statements of the d￿rity for the year ended
31 08txnb8r 2024. The trik8t88s have adc4)t8d the prOvis￿S of hLtounting and RepoTb"ng by Chariiies..
Statement of Recommended Practice applr2ble to tharities rffeparing their a￿Unts 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 d0a1n￿L a deed oflnMt ar*J ￿thrte$ ￿ unlncorF*Xated 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..
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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 fdIcA￿d all a￿uble ￿'rectionS gNen by thè Chanty Commisslon undei
Section 145(5Xb) of A(
Independent examlnefs ststsm•nt
I have cOm￿et9d 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 {Act￿nts arwj Rep￿ts) Regulat￿n$ 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 Cl￿cem$ and hav8 com6 ac¥05S M other matt8r5 in ojnrwtim with th8 examinatKJn lo whith attgnfjon
8hould be drasvn in this re￿rt order to enth a pryr ￿￿OrsIandry ol th8 ac￿Unts to be reach8d.
¢cKf .
G S Gilbert FCA
CAMERON HUGHES LTD
Chartered Accountants
Derty
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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 ac*wbe5
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 t*C￿g￿l f(xwwd
157.692
7.243
172.498
163.322
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED
FORWARD
160,136
158.137
7.243
325,516
172.498
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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
CRED￿oRs
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
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DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIErY
BALANCE SHEEf- continued
31 DECEMBER 2024
FUNDS
Unrestrrcted fvnts:
G8noral
Monica Pilling Beql￿st Fund
Spec￿1 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."
ASh￿ume
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
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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 pU￿le benefft enw under FRS 102. have been
prepared in accordance wih thè Chaiities SORP (FRS 102) 'Ac(￿nI1￿j and Re￿rt1ThJ by Chariti&s.'
statement of Rg¢ommended Pwlice apWKabl8 to ctsritios prgparing Iheir ac¢ounts in accordance with
the Financial Repth'ng Standard applica￿8 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 state￿￿nts have been prepared under
the histL¥Kal cost conventw. vAlh the exc*ptKx) of investm8nts 4ndl￿8d 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 seC*C￿ 7 Statem8rrt of C&sh FkyK.
All incomg B recogrised in thè Statement of FinaTril ktiVi1￿ Or￿ ihe d)arity has 8ntlu8￿nt to th8
fuTrts. it 18 prOba￿e that th8 inc£*no be rK8bv8d Ihe affwnt can bg m8asured relia￿y.
Exp•ndlture
Liabilities are recoJnis&J as eXF￿J￿ a8 Se￿ as there ts a18gal or (x)nstnJ¢tive 0bFKda￿¢)n cfjmmltbThJ
the charity lo that expe￿IK￿re. 11 L8 sxcOabl8 thal a transfgr of e¢￿orn￿ benefits VAII bè required In
sottlemenl aTKI the an￿Unt of the ob1￿JaI￿￿ txn be measured r￿la￿y. Expgnditure is a￿O￿nted 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"t￿ted to pa￿1&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
DeprecAatK*n is pwded at the fdk)wiThJ ￿r￿jaI 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&tiC￿r reslrKted purrK)ses within Ihe ctyeus of the ch8rity.
Reslrictirms arise vhw SE￿)fi￿1 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.
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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 D￿mber 2024 nor for the
year ended 3108c*mber 20rJ.
Thare were thjstees. gxtWbSOS F4kl f￿ Ihè WKl•J 31 DoC￿nb￿ 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
Donati￿S 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
Gene￿1
12,857
25.839
12.657
25,839
1,279
Tt)lal
39,775
39,775
Net gains on inveslMts
10.W2
10,802
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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 D￿rnter 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 re￿ese￿ by.
Listsd
investrnents
Vauation in 2024
108.171
DEBTORS: APAOUNTS FALUNG DUE ONE YEAR
2024
2023
Debt￿8 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
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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 Beq￿t 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
Ash￿Me
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 mOV￿ent 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
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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, w￿ll￿jad fft tha abové are as folows..
Incomirbj Resource8
Gains arAJ
Movement
in funds
Unrnstrfctsd fund•
Geneial fund
nica Pil￿n9 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
AShtr￿JMe
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 Cu￿ent year 12 r￿￿thS 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 n￿th8 C￿bIn&j net nv)Ven￿nt 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 Beq￿1 FuThJ
Speaal SFeaker Fund
Pamela Staunton Bfjq￿t 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
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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.
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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 D￿mber 2024.
Responslblllllos and basls of rnport
As the tharity trustees of Try￿t you are responsib￿ kn thè Ihe ac0￿￿ts 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 CoMmis￿On under
Secbon 145(5Mbl rA th8 ACL
Inde￿ndent examln•¢s ststom¥nt
I have coffi￿eted 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 Sec*on 130 crflhe Act: or
the accounts do not accord th those reccfds.. or
th8 acLxMJnts do not ¢x*mpty with the appluble wuwements the fomi and conlent ol accounts
set out in the Charilies (A￿MInts and ReF4NtsI Regulati(Y¢s 2008 other than any requirement that the
a￿Unts gfve a In* 8￿j 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 Ac￿￿ntsnts
Defby
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