SIGNHEALTH

Registered charity 1011056 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q97666374 · also known as SIGN...THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND DEAFNESS, THE ANASTASIA SOCIETY · also registered in Scotland as SC044122 (OSCR)

SignHealth aims to improve healthcare & access to health services for deaf people. As well as campaigning, research & health promotion, we provide supported living schemes and outreach for deaf people with mental health problems. We provide a national Advocacy & Counselling service and support for deaf victims of domestic abuse.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS IN PARTICULAR BY, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICES AND OF SUCH OTHER SERVICES, ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that SignHealth made an overall deficit of £88,270 for the year ended 31 March 2026, following a larger deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,728,799, which is below the stated policy target of 3–6 months' expenditure, equating to 1.9 months' operating expenditure. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing secure contractual income and a loan facility.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02610559

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SignHealth (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• KNAPP, Simon — director, appointed 13/11/2025on trustee list
• KAUR, Jasveen — director, appointed 10/09/2025on trustee list
• AYOOLA, Janet Modupeola Abike — director, appointed 10/09/2025on trustee list
• ELVIN, Alexandra Marie-Suzanne — director, appointed 10/09/2025on trustee list
• MCLEAN, Frankie — director, appointed 14/09/2023on trustee list
• JONES, Diane — director, appointed 21/07/2023on trustee list
• ARNOLD, Amanprit — director, appointed 22/07/2021on trustee list
• WARNES, Lucy — secretary, appointed 07/03/2025

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

CQC provider record: SignHealth — Registered, 8 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 15/01/2024.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• SignHealth Bowfell Road: Good (31/07/2019) · CQC record
• SignHealth Claridge Road: Good (18/10/2019) · CQC record
• SignHealth Constance Way: Good (09/02/2024) · CQC record
• SignHealth Longley Road: Outstanding (14/01/2026) · CQC record
• SignHealth Polestar: Good (05/02/2019) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanprit Arnoldchair
• Alexandra Elvin
• Diane Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Sarah-Leah Rhys Jones
• Hannah Butcher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janet Ayoola · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Knapp · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SIGNALONG The Communication Charity.

• SIGNALONG The Communication Charity income £214k
• SIGNPOSTS (MID-SUSSEX) LTD income £130k
• SUFFOLK SIGHT income £202k
• MENTAL HEALTH UK income £3.0m
• SIGN AND SHARE CLUB income £36k
• MUSIC AND THE DEAF income £41k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.