Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

DEAFBLIND UK 

Deafblind UK has supported those with dual sensory loss since 1928, helping them overcome the unique set of challenges they face every single day. We offer complimentary membership, with all our services being delivered free of charge. We help to reduce loneliness and isolation, and promote social inclusion, thereby allowing people who are deafblind to live their lives with dignity and purpose.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Established: 34 years

www.deafblind.org.uk

info@deafblind.org.uk

01733358100

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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
31/03/23£2,933£2,880£53£266£4,797£4,68319.5103344
31/03/22£2,744£2,542£202£268£4,989£4,84422.999301
31/03/21£3,406£2,554£852£294£4,845£4,67522109532
31/03/20£3,196£3,158£38£289£3,993£3,89214.8124323
31/03/19£2,920£3,415£-495£213£3,955£3,87413.6137304
31/03/18£3,159£3,136£24£214£4,427£4,28816.41360
31/03/17£2,970£2,873£97£216£4,784£1,6606.91600
31/03/16£3,101£3,590£-489£415£4,688£1,5245.11810
31/03/15£3,651£3,544£107£352£5,204£2,0196.81760
31/03/14£3,304£3,293£11£299£5,097£1,92171860
31/03/13£3,332£3,288£44£269£5,086£1,8346.71800
31/03/12£3,420£3,284£136£213£5,042£1,7996.61740
31/03/11£3,458£3,044£414£175£4,906£1,6606.5670
31/03/10£3,319£3,285£34£358£4,491£1,1934.41080
31/03/09£3,172£3,799£-626£396£4,457£9823.11200
31/03/08£3,819£3,943£-124£413£5,083£1,4774.51890
31/03/07£3,525£4,109£-584£385£5,207£1,70451900
31/03/06*£3,970£3,655£316£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£4,367£3,748£618£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£3,686£3,310£376£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 19.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 103 employees
  • 344 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£796,582
DCMS£49,387
City Bridge Trust£44,611
Masonic Trust£42,099
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Deafblind Friendship Guarantee
£299,296 02/02/2023
The funding will be used to create an online directory of deafblind friendly venues and activities in England. The project aims to address loneliness and isolation amongst those with dual sensory ....more
The Shears Foundation - Deafblind UK
£10,000 12/01/2023
Wellbeing & Emotional Support
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Deafblind UK
£5,000 07/07/2022
a contribution to the annual cost of supporting deafblind people in Essex
Barnwood Trust - Gloucestershire Funders (Organisational & Group Funding)
£1,000 24/06/2022
Wellbeing andemotional support for deafblind people
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Deafblind UK - 12/07/21
£1,500 28/07/2021
Respite Breaks for the Deafblind
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£1,871 27/04/2021
Transfer to new premises
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Deafblind UK
£5,000 04/03/2021
a contribution to the annual cost of supporting deafblind people in Essex
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£42,099 24/02/2021
A grant to support older people with dual sensory loss experiencing poor mental health through 121 support, befriending and social groups.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Like Lying in a Coffin But Still Being Alive
£2,525 22/01/2021
8
Supporting the "Like Lying in a Coffin But Still Being Alive" Project.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£49,387 30/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Running costs for a helpline and support package for Tyne & Wear and Northumberland in response to COVID-19
£3,006 14/08/2020
Running costs for a helpline and support package for Tyne & Wear and Northumberland in response to COVID-19
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - running costs for a helpline and support package for Tyne & Wear and Northumberland in response to COVID-19
£3,006 14/08/2020
running costs for a helpline and support package for Tyne & Wear and Northumberland in response to COVID-19
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£27,270 25/06/2020
Funding allowed the group to offer an enhanced and expanded helpline service to veterans, offering practical assistance and advice alongside wellbeing and emotional support.
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£27,270 15/06/2020
To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Deafblind UK
£44,611 05/06/2020
£44,611 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Deafblind UK Covid Project
£1,500 10/05/2020
Telephone befriending support
Suffolk Community Foundation - Please Don't Hang Up
£2,909 30/04/2020
2
To enable the organisation to expand its Helpline service during the Covid 19 lock down.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Deafblind UK
£5,000 28/04/2020
to support people who are deafblind in Essex during the COVID19 crisis
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Deafblind UK
£3,408 15/11/2019
We want to reduce isolation for deafblind adults in Peterborough by bringing them together each month for fun and stimulating activities.
Vision Foundation - Social groups for Deafblind people in Greater London
£7,500 05/06/2019
12
To run social groups for deafblind people in Greater London
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Deafblind UK
£15,000 22/05/2019
installation of new paths and handrails for a charity which works with people with disabilities in Cambridgeshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Out of the Shadows Support for older Deafblind People in NI
£497,286 07/05/2019
59
The five-year project using the £497,286 grant to support older deafblind people across Northern Ireland to reduce loneliness though peer support and social groups. The project includes work on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - National Personalised Companionship project for Deafblind People
£314,761 23/11/2018
24
The organisation will use funding to tackle isolation experienced by those living with the dual impairments of deafness and blindness. The project will work across London, Manchester, West Midlands, ....more
Essex Community Foundation - 'Providing Support, Increasing Awareness' - West Essex Engagement Officer
£5,000 08/05/2018
12
Towards the salary of an Engagement Officer providing support to deaf blind people in West Essex
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out Wales
£497,519 25/01/2017
36
Reaching Out Wales
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Deafblind UK
£61,900 18/03/2016
36
£61,900 over 2 years (£30,700; £31,200) towards the part-time salary (3 days p/w) and associated running costs of an Outreach Officer (London) to maintain and develop support services for ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Deafblind UK
£100,000 18/11/2015
36
Towards the salary of the head of community services for this organisation providing support for those affected by dual sensory loss.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out to Deafblind People
£499,297 04/06/2015
36
This funding will expand DBUK’s support to Yorkshire, Manchester, Merseyside, London, the East and West Midlands. Free membership includes matching people with volunteers and social groups for ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Connections NI
£199,133 23/01/2013
36
The UK based charity plans to use the funding to extend its services into Northern Ireland and to help over 60's coping with combined sensory loss by providing practical support and assistance. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community in Touch
£299,936 18/05/2011
36
A new project which will create peer support groups for deafblind people in four clusters of local authority areas within three regions (East Anglia, London and West Midlands), with the aim of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - In Touch Wales
£603,786 29/03/2011
48
The project is for older people with combined sight and hearing loss to access community opportunities and services, mainstream services, and so reduce social isolation, strengthen wellbeing and ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Deafblind UK
£96,096 20/05/2010
36
Towards Core costs Towards the salary of the Chief Executive.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-83
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/03/1990, number: 802976
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/09/1989, number: 02426281
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
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
  • 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
20 returns made; AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 2 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from PETERBOROUGH SIGHT on 30/08/2022
Main office

Deafblind UK
National Centre for Deafblindness
Paston Ridings
Paston
Peterborough
PE4 7UP

Objectives

I) TO FURTHER THE INTERESTS OF DEAF-BLIND PERSONS BY EVERY MEANS AND IN EVERY WAY OPEN TO IT. DEAF-BLIND TO INCLUDE THOSE SUBSTANTIALLY DEPRIVED OF SIGHT AND HEARING. II) TO HELP THE DEAF-BLIND TO LIVE AS USEFUL MEMBERS OF ANY COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY MAY FIND THEMSELVES AND WHENEVER AND WHEREVER POSSIBLE TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT CONTACT AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE DEAF-BLIND AND SIGHTED HEARING PERSONS. III) TO BUILD OR PURCHASE AND MAINTAIN FLATS, GUESTHOUSES SHELTERED AND OTHER ACCOMMODATION FOR THE BENEFIT AND USE OF DEAF-BLIND PEOPLE. IV) TO ENCOURAGE THE SIGHTED HEARING PUBLIC AT LARGE TO BE AWARE OF THE NEEDS AND CAPABILITIES OF THE DEAF-BLIND. V) TO PROVIDE AND ENCOURAGE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE HELP, COMFORT AND INSTRUCTION OF THE DEAF-BLIND INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL OFFICES DIVISIONS AND CLUBS FOR THE DEAF-BLIND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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