BOURNEMOUTH SOCIETY FOR THE WELFARE OF THE DEAF

Registered charity 1000542 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community centre for the deaf and hard of hearing in the Dorset area. The centre is also used for lip reading training, sign language courses. Presentations held by all unitaries authorities, local government and public services.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF OR SUFFERING AN IMPAIRMENT OF HEARING AND ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE FORMER BOROUGH OF BOURNEMOUTH IN ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: A) THE PROVISION OF A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR SUCH PERSONS; B) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING, EDUCATION AND RECREATION FOR SUCH PERSONS; C) SUCH OTHER WAYS BEING CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT HAVING IN VIEW THE SPIRITUAL, INTELLECTUAL, MORAL OR BODILY WELFARE OF SUCH PERSONS

Area of benefit: FORMER BOROUGH OF BOURNEMOUTH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total unrestricted funds of £517,469 as of 31 December 2025, an increase from £503,823 in the prior year. Net income for the year was £13,646, derived from donations, property rentals, and investment income, against charitable expenditure of £11,947. The trustees confirm the charity is maintaining its assets and securing a stable financial future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN KIRBY
• Helena Malkin
• Paul Kirby

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PORTSMOUTH ASSOCIATION FOR THE WELFARE OF THE DEAF AND DUMB.

• PORTSMOUTH ASSOCIATION FOR THE WELFARE OF THE DEAF AND DUMB income £8k
• BOURNEMOUTH BLIND SOCIETY income £152k
• BOURNEMOUTH FOODBANK income £652k
• BRADFORD DEAF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £210k
• ACCESS BEDFORD income £86k
• SLOUGH & DISTRICT DEAF CENTRE income £137k

Side by side with its peers

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