Community manager Simon Carnall and Derby County Football Club's vice-president of operations John Vicars will act as signatories for the scheme's two bank accounts.

An external audit of finances will be carried out by Peter Sterling of Cooper Parry Chartered Accountants.

The scheme's financial year will be re-aligned to run concurrently with that of the football club (July 1 to June 30).

External reports and monitoring and evaluation forms will continue to be submitted to relevant external funding partners, with the programme accessing external funding from the Football Association, the Premier League PFA Fund, New Deal for Communities, the Football Foundation, Derbyshire County FA, Sportsmatch and Derbyshire Sport.

It will be essential to manage accounts and funding programmes effectively.

Regular meetings will be held between the community manager and the vice-president of operations.

These meetings will ensure that the day to day running of the scheme is in line with the scheme's objectives as approved by the board of trustees. Quarterly reports will be presented to the board of trustees.

Derby County in the Community will operate primarily with two bank accounts.

The first account with the Co-operative Bank will be used to administer all day to day financial aspects of the programme. A second account held with the Derbyshire Building Society will be used to hold a contingency fund.

Andrew Pilkington of Flint Bishop solicitors will advise the business on all legal matters as and when they arise.

The charitable trust application was handled by John Devine of Watson Burton solicitors as they handle all Premier League applications for trust status.

Derby County in the Community's 2007 accounts were externally audited by Nigel Sharpe Accountants. Nigel Sharpe has administered scheme accounts since 2002.

Moving forward, Peter Sterling of Cooper Parry will conduct the annual external audit of accounts.