Derwent Rural Counselling Service

Registered charity 1124775 Registered since 2008

Operates: Derbyshire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3 trustees on the board

Robert Max Biddulph Chair since 2021
Menna Yarwood since 2024
Matthew Donald Varnham since 2023

3.3y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

3.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Robert Max Biddulph Chair since 2021
Menna Yarwood since 2024
Matthew Donald Varnham since 2023

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 3

Gaps to watch

Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£1.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.1 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Beaumond House Community Hospice Similar size; both Health
British Society for Immunology Similar size; both Health
Croydon Youth Information and Counselling Service Limited Similar size; both Health
Gynaecology Cancer Research Fund Similar size; both Health
Renewal Church Similar size; both Health
The Rosemere Cancer Foundation Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.drcs.org.uk
Email	admin@drcs.org.uk
Phone	01246232891
Address	Serenity House, New Beetwell Street, CHESTERFIELD, Derbyshire, S40 1QR

Finances

£1,815,258 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£3,278,117	£3,028,159
2022	£2,015,929	£2,051,122
2023	£2,126,308	£2,060,290
2024	£2,106,477	£1,892,316
2025	£1,815,258	£1,571,252

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL ILLNESS, HOWEVER AND WHEREVER THOSE PROBLEMS OR ILLNESSES HAVE ARISEN, THROUGH THE USE OF COUNSELLING, THERAPEUTIC AND PREVENTATIVE PRACTICES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 MARCH 2007 AS AMENDED 18 JUNE 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 APR 2016

Trustees (3)

3trustees

72median age

2aged 70+

Robert Max Biddulphage band 70-74 Chair since 2021
Menna Yarwoodage band 80-84 since 2024
Matthew Donald Varnhamage band 35-39 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Derwent Rural Counselling Service · 06081874 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/02/2007

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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