Finance Score: -14

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 2

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Spending falling: -1
Dormant: -10
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -14

DEAF DIRECT

To provide information and advice on any topic related to deafness, along with providing direct services to promote independence and equality of opportunity for deaf and hard of hearing people living in Herefordshire, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
This charity appears to be dormant

Established: 20 years

www.deafdirect.org.uk

info@deafdirect.org.uk

01905746301

Charity Commission for England and Wales

This Charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/09/22		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/21	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/20	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/19?		£1,032	£1,152	£-120	£0	£1,041	£-13	-0.1	19	0
31/03/18	*	£798	£820	£-22	£0	£118	£107	1.6	30	12
31/03/17		£942	£879	£63	£0	£140	£124	1.7	28	0
31/03/16	*	£776	£790	£-14	£0	£77	£0	n/a	18	0
31/03/15		£737	£737	£0	£4	£91	£2	0	21	0
31/03/14		£724	£728	£-4	£5	£91	£91	1.5	21	0
31/03/13		£796	£797	£-2	£5	£100	£100	1.5	19	0
31/03/12		£770	£694	£77	£5	£101	£100	1.7	20	0
31/03/11		£599	£647	£-47	£4	£25	£16	0.3	9	0
31/03/10		£625	£636	£-11	£5	£72	£52	1	10	0
31/03/09		£660	£703	£-43	£6	£83	£76	1.3	13	0
31/03/08	*	£663	£646	£18	£18	£126	£118	2.2	16	0
31/03/07	*	£371	£466	£-95	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£338	£407	£-69	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Buckinghamshire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, West Berkshire, Wokingham, Worcestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Deaf Direct
£9,192	19/11/2018	We want to provide personal listeners in GP surgeries and care homes so hard of hearing people can hear their GP, carer or family members.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Deaf Direct
£31,185	17/10/2017 36	This project is a summer camp and holiday activities programme for children and young people who are deaf or hard of hearing. The project aims to positively empower children and young people to reach ....more This project is a summer camp and holiday activities programme for children and young people who are deaf or hard of hearing. The project aims to positively empower children and young people to reach their potential and increase emotional wellbeing.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - We Aren't Invisible
£4,939	08/05/2017 4	Giving 10 deaf and hard of hearing young people the skills and confidence they need to succeed into employment, while also engaging them with the wider community and breaking down communication ....more Giving 10 deaf and hard of hearing young people the skills and confidence they need to succeed into employment, while also engaging them with the wider community and breaking down communication barriers and stereotypes.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing People on Low Incomes
£5,039	19/04/2017 12	This group will use the funding to deliver a lip reading course for people who are living with hearing issues. This will improve chances in life for people who are experiencing the effects of ....more This group will use the funding to deliver a lip reading course for people who are living with hearing issues. This will improve chances in life for people who are experiencing the effects of economic challenges.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Summer Camp for Children and Young People with Hearing Loss
£4,671	01/12/2016	The grant will be spent on funding places for 15 children and young people from Oxfordshire to attend a five-day Residential Summer Camp. The Camp will be run by PGL Adventures in conjunction with ....more The grant will be spent on funding places for 15 children and young people from Oxfordshire to attend a five-day Residential Summer Camp. The Camp will be run by PGL Adventures in conjunction with Deaf Direct. We will provide fully-trained staff who all have an appropriate standard of British Sign Language to help profoundly Deaf children and young people with activities such as climbing and sailing. We will also provide peer mentoring, where older children support younger children to boost confidence and give advice on how they have coped with their hearing loss to achieve what they want to. The skills children learn at Camp will enable them to go back to school feeling more confident, showing them not to be ashamed or embarrassed about their hearing loss because there are other children who are "just like them" and that it's ok to have a hearing loss. For example, after a previous Camp for children in Worcestershire, one participant now interacts much better with her hearing friends at school and is no longer afraid of wearing her hearing aids, helping her to hear her teacher properly. This has had a great impact on her overall social and mental wellbeing. In order to be inclusive and to ensure no child or young person misses out, the cost of the Camp will be completely free, including travel to the activity centre where Camp will be run.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Deaf Direct Limited
£32,400	28/03/2014	provision of volunteers to support people who are deaf and/or hard of hearing. To access volunteering opportunities, advice, guidance and befriending.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 64-67

BARRY ROSS (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

PENELOPE LENON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

WILLIAM STAVERT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Education Officer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/07/2004, number: 1105044
Registered at Companies House on 18/06/2003, number: 04802357

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR21: 197 days late, AR20: 238 days late, AR18: 6 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR08: 8 days late, AR07: 280 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from OXFORD DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CENTRE on 30/09/2019

Main office

Deaf Direct Ltd
Vesta Tilley House
Lowesmoor
WORCESTER
WR1 2RS

Objectives

1 . THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE ARE; OF THE COUNTIES OF HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE (THE AREA OF PRIMARY BENEFIT) IN ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS-1.1 TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE PRIMARY AREA OF BENEFIT1.2 TO PROVIDE SUCH OTHER SERVICES BEING CHARITABLE AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HERE AND AFTER REFERRED TO AS THE TRUSTEES) THINK FIT HAVING IN VIEW THE SPIRITUAL, INTELLECTUAL OR BODILY WELFARE OF SUCH PERSONS2. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS (THE AREA OF SECONDARY BENEFIT'S) IN ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:2.1 TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE SECONDARY AREA OF BENEFIT2.2 TO PROVIDE SUCH OTHER SERVICES BEING CHARITABLE AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HERE AND AFTER REFERRED TO AS THE TRUSTEES) THINK FIT HAVING IN VIEW THE SPIRITUAL, INTELLECTUAL OR BODILY WELFARE OFSUCH PERSONS3. ANY OTHER GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN THE. AREA OF PRIMARY BENEFIT AND/OR THE AREA OF SECONDARY BENEFIT

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