Derbyshire chief executive Tom Sears is delighted to turn in a profit

Derbyshire have defied last summer's bad weather by turning in a profit for the year of �22,024.

All the county's Twenty20 matches were badly affected by the wet weather in 2007, with two cancelled completely.

And the Chesterfield Festival had to be postponed from mid-summer until the end of the season.

But the club have benefited from increased revenue from the England and Wales Cricket Board, as well as strong non-cricket commercial activity.

To announce a strong surplus in a year so badly affected by the weather is a testament to the strong foundations we have Chief executive Tom Sears

Derbyshire's loss of half their Twenty20 Cup games to the weather left them bottom of the North Division.

And things did not go their way on the field either in the other three main competitions.

They finished second bottom of their group in the NatWest Pro 40, eighth in the Friends Provident Trophy and sixth in Division Two of the County Championship.

But chief executive Tom Sears said: "To be able to announce a strong surplus in a year so badly affected by the weather is a testament to the strong foundations we have put in place at Derbyshire.

"It was important to follow the excellent results of 2006 with another year of sound financial performance and we have done that.

"The weather affected all our match-day revenues significantly, with gate revenue down by �40,000 and this had a knock-on effect with our secondary revenue streams such as retail, hospitality, bars and catering."