GLOUCESTERSHIRE DEAF ASSOCIATION
Registered charity 1015937 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GDA
To provide quality services appropriate to the needs and wishes of Deaf and Hardof Hearing people and their families.To assist Deaf and Hard of Hearing people gain equal access to information and services.To work with other organisations ensuring that resources are used in the most effective way to meet the needs of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people and their families.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £32,152 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,238,546 and expenditure of £1,206,394. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £102,087 are in line with the stated policy target of £47,913, representing three months of working capital requirements. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of working capital requirements (held: £102k)
“The agreed Reserves Policy is to maintain a reserve level of working capital requirements for a period of the last three months. This equates to £47,913” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Pitt Godden & Taylor LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gloucestershire Deaf Association (GDA) (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Mary Hailes — Head of Operations (source)
- Martha Avery — Head of Services (source)
- Sarah Tavner — Head of Fundraising and Communications (source)
- Caroline Trickey — Head of Finance (source)
- Gilson Sly — Head of Growth and Partnerships (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- HOWELL, Graham George — director, appointed 05/03/2026on trustee list
- SHEEN, Victoria — director, appointed 07/12/2022on trustee list
- STOCKEN, Samantha Tara Eadie — director, appointed 02/02/2022not on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (12/08/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Graham George Howell
- Sam Stocken
- Victoria Sheen
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Gloucestershire · South Gloucestershire · Wiltshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is GLOUCESTERSHIRE DEAF ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £32,152 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,238,546 and expenditure of £1,206,394. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £102,087 are in line with the stated policy target of £47,913, representing three months of working capital requirements. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Pitt Godden & Taylor LLP.
Who funds GLOUCESTERSHIRE DEAF ASSOCIATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name GLOUCESTERSHIRE DEAF ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include BARNWOOD TRUST, THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY, ACTIVE IMPACT CIO, THE INMAN CHARITY, THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUND.
Known funders
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