Overall GiG Score: -3 ?
Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +5

    ACTION DEAF YOUTH 

    To advance in life and relieve the needs of deaf children, young people and young adults (under the age of 30) living within Northern Ireland and in particular: a) to advance their education, promote their social inclusion and provide support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to live independent lives and to participate more fully within society; b) to help alleviate their isolation and provide recreational and leisure time activities in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life; c) to raise awareness amongst the public of issues effecting people who are deaf both generally and in relation to their equality and issues of social exclusion; d) to relieve the needs of the beneficiaries, and ancillary to the foregoing, the needs of family members of the beneficiaries and by such other exclusively charitable means as the directors will from time to time in accordance with charity law.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
    • Income has been volatile recently
    Established: 9 years

    www.actiondeafyouth.org

    info@actiondeafyouth.org

    Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Year end 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/23
    Income £403,606 £285,859 £371,350 £346,063 £279,702
    Spending £426,344 £301,825 £337,850 £265,394 £254,138
    Surplus/deficit -£22,738 -£15,966 £33,500 £80,669 £25,564
    What it does
    • The advancement of education, The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity, The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Who works here?
    • 12 employees
    Who it helps
    • Adult training, Children (5-13 year olds), Language community, Mental health, Preschool (0-5 year olds), Sensory disabilities, Unemployed/low income, Volunteers, Youth (14-25 year olds)
    How it operates
    • Advice/advocacy/information, Community development, Disability, Education/training, General charitable purposes, Human rights/equality, Volunteer development, Youth development
    Where it operates
    • Northern Ireland

    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
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Action Deaf Youth
    £179,500 23/09/2021
    36
    towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support for deaf children and young people, and their families, across Northern Ireland.
    Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Positive communication for deaf children and their families.
    £5,000 29/06/2020
    Positive communication for deaf children and their families. *COVID
    Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Core Running Costs
    £5,000 10/09/2019
    Core Running Costs
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £5,000 20/12/2017
    New 17 Seater Minibus
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Action Deaf Youth
    £3,000 06/12/2017
    purchase of a minibus for a charity which works with disabled people in Belfast
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Action Deaf Youth
    £72,882 01/07/2014
    This project will offer a year round programme of activities and workshops for hearing impaired young people helping to improve communication skills reduce social isolation and increase confidence ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 08/06/2015, number: NIC102041
    Main office

    385A Holywood Road, Belfast, BT4 2LS

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    360 Giving
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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