Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4

EXETER ROYAL ACADEMY FOR DEAF EDUCATION 

The operation of a School which educates students aged 5 to 16 years and a Further Education College providing post 16 education. Both the School and College offer residential and day placements to deaf young people. The Charity also operates a Children's Home for deaf young people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £16,660,586 available, equivalent to 32 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Established: 16 years

www.thedeafacademy.ac.uk

info@thedeafacademy.ac.uk

01395 203130

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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
31/08/23£6,503£6,257£246£0£16,828£16,6613212711
31/08/22£5,826£5,456£369£6£15,180£15,10933.21221
31/08/21£5,460£5,244£215£6£6,110£6,01713.81191
31/08/20£5,359£4,901£459£190£6,088£3,3278.11245
31/08/19£4,803£5,287£-485£168£6,288£4,4101013620
31/08/18£4,700£5,615£-915£188£8,142£7,14215.31530
31/08/17£5,531£7,079£-1,547£148£3,122£2,2773.91930
31/08/16£7,209£6,930£279£169£5,404£4,5717.92020
31/08/15£7,034£6,143£892£252£9,434£8,90517.41970
31/08/14£6,120£6,535£-415£26£8,714£8,64815.92030
31/08/13£6,078£6,385£-307£26£7,908£7,77014.62000
31/08/12£6,698£6,874£-176£21£8,241£8,19914.31900
31/08/11£7,130£6,620£511£24£9,845£9,79517.81900
31/08/10£5,743£5,805£-62£20£9,213£9,15818.91710
31/08/09£5,149£5,338£-189£15£9,011£9,01120.31600

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 50%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 32 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 127 employees
  • 11 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,

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
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£28,380 07/10/2019
Grant to equip a multi-sensory room at a deaf school.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 24/09/2019
New Build Project
Pears Foundation - Grant to Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education
£20,000 08/12/2017
29
Capital funding

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-75
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/06/2008, number: 1124523
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/05/2008, number: 06585703
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE DEVON AND EXETER DEAF CHARITY on 17/09/2021
Main office

The Deaf Academy
1 Douglas Avenue
EXMOUTH
EX8 2AU

Objectives

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE:-3.1. TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, TRAINING, CARE, ACCOMMODATION, LEISUREOPPORTUNITIES, WELFARE AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES TO DEAF PEOPLEAND PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT DEAF BUT WHO, DUE TO SOME OTHER DISABILITY,WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE SAME (PRINCIPALLY THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELYFROM THE COUNTIES OF DEVON, CORNWALL, SOMERSET AND DORSET) WITHTHE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PERSONAL, MENTAL, PHYSICAL ANDSPIRITUAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY MAY REALISE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL ASINDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETY AS AWHOLE AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED; AND3.2. TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE NEEDS AND CAPABILITIES OF DEAFPEOPLE WITH A VIEW TO ACHIEVING GREATER INTEGRATION BETWEEN DEAFAND HEARING COMMUNITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE COUNTIES OF DEVON, CORNWALL, SOMERSET AND DORSET

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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