Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 6

SIGNAL SENSORY IMPAIRMENT GLOBALLY NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY

Signal works in the UK and Africa to improve the lives of people living with hearing loss. We work to end the isolation, discrimination and stigma of this hidden disability by improving the life chances of people with hearing loss

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 11 years

www.signal.org.uk

info@signal.org.uk

01743358356

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£214	£230	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22		£187	£224	£-37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/21		£392	£446	£-53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/03/20		£419	£385	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/03/19		£405	£376	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/18	*	£464	£599	£-135	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£757	£682	£75	£144	£248	£53	0.9	12	0
31/03/16	*	£561	£662	£-100	£147	£179	£125	2.3	11	0
31/03/15		£524	£638	£-114	£127	£272	£252	4.7	7	0
31/03/14		£216	£291	£-75	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
Disability
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides other finance
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Malawi, Shropshire, Tanzania, Telford & Wrekin, Uganda, Zambia,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 volunteers

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
National Lottery Community Fund - MQUE's Girlology Empowerment Programme
£10,000	23/06/2023	The funding will be used to deliver an empowerment programme for girls aged 10 to 16 years old in the community. The programme aims to encourage empower and educate young girls to develop soft skills ....more The funding will be used to deliver an empowerment programme for girls aged 10 to 16 years old in the community. The programme aims to encourage empower and educate young girls to develop soft skills that boost confidence; self-esteem; employability; and life choices.
True Colours Trust - Towards its work on hearing impairment in Uganda with SignHealth Uganda
£225,000	10/01/2023	Towards its work on hearing impairment in Uganda with SignHealth Uganda.
National Lottery Community Fund - Tea & Tinnitus Peer Support
£10,000	03/02/2020 18	The group will use the funding to provide peer to peer support groups for people who are living with tinnitus. This will improve wellbeing and address issues at an early stage.
True Colours Trust - Towards its work on hearing impairment in Uganda with SignHealth Uganda
£300,000	03/07/2019	Towards its work on hearing impairment in Uganda with SignHealth Uganda
True Colours Trust - SignHealth Uganda’s salary costs
£9,402	26/03/2019	SignHealth Uganda’s salary costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Work Placements for Deaf Young People Economic Empowerment
£49,986	25/11/2018 17	Work Placements for Deaf Young People Economic Empowerment
National Lottery Community Fund - Looped up - deaf friendly places and spaces
£355,265	04/10/2018 42	This project will support people with hearing impairments, who have had input into shaping the project. The aim is to ensure all people with a hearing impairment have an enhanced quality of life by ....more This project will support people with hearing impairments, who have had input into shaping the project. The aim is to ensure all people with a hearing impairment have an enhanced quality of life by being included in their communities. Deaf awareness sessions will be provided to local groups and services. Community venues will be encouraged to install loop systems and provide hearing loss screenings. Day trips will also be provided so people can experience new activities in a social setting.
National Lottery Community Fund - Inclusive Communities
£10,000	13/07/2018 12	A programme of social activities will be funded that are designed to support older people who have hearing impairments, helping to reduce isolation.
True Colours Trust - programme in Northern Uganda
£6,114	11/10/2017	programme in Northern Uganda
True Colours Trust - Towards core costs
£8,000	06/01/2017	Towards core costs
Comic Relief - Promoting equal access to education in Malawi
£833,887	13/05/2016 60	This project seeks to promote the inclusion of hearing impaired and disabled children in schools in Kasungu and Nkhotakota districts of Central Malawi. It will do this by offering training to the ....more This project seeks to promote the inclusion of hearing impaired and disabled children in schools in Kasungu and Nkhotakota districts of Central Malawi. It will do this by offering training to the community, learners, parents and teachers promoting the concept of inclusion and in doing so seeks to create an enabling environment in which many more disabled children will go to school and achieve a quality education. It will also work with teachers and duty-bearers to advocate for available resources to be allocated for inclusion in the schools.
True Colours Trust - programme in Northern Uganda
£246,133	18/03/2016	programme in Northern Uganda
Comic Relief - Deaf children's access to quality education in Kilimanjaro Region
£9,955	25/11/2015	Signal and Childreach Tanzania have worked together, in Tanzania, since 2009. Signal has expertise in community based support for deaf adults and children. Childreach Tanzania has expertise in school ....more Signal and Childreach Tanzania have worked together, in Tanzania, since 2009. Signal has expertise in community based support for deaf adults and children. Childreach Tanzania has expertise in school improvement with strong links in the Ministry of Education. In the past 3 years, Childreach Tanzania has been developing its work to support Hearing Impaired/Deaf children. This proposal will allow both organisations to measure how many deaf children are in/out of primary school in the Kilimanjaro region. It will consult with parents, communities, teachers and government workers to better understand the barriers to schooling and work to identify opportunities for future joint programming.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building deaf friendly communities
£305,312	12/01/2015 36	Not Available

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-79

ANTHONY STEPHEN EATON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: Deaf Reach,

ANNE MARGARET RYAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Certified Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeship: Deaf Reach,

CHRISTOPHER KUBWIMANA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Social Worker, Other trusteeship: Deaf Reach,

RODNEY JEREMY CLARK OBE Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: Deaf Reach,

SIMONE JULIE BANKS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Teacher, Other trusteeship: Deaf Reach,

SUSAN ANN TINDALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: Deaf Reach,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/04/2013, number: 1151615
Registered at Companies House on 19/03/2013, number: 08451864

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

10/10/2013 - Asset transfer in from SHROPSHIRE DEAFNESS ASSOCIATION
21/10/2013 - Asset transfer in from THE WOODFORD FOUNDATION

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

10 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late,

Main office

31 SUTTON ROAD
SHREWSBURY
SY2 6DL

Objectives

1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES OF BODY AND MIND.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE FUNDING OF RESEARCH INTO THE PREVENTION OF THE DISABILITIES AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

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