THE NATIONAL DEAF CHILDREN'S SOCIETY

Registered charity 1016532 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IDCS, NDCS, THE INTERNATIONAL DEAF CHILDRENS SOCIETY · also registered in Scotland as SC040779 (OSCR)

NDCS is the national charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people We represent the interests and campaign for the rights of all deaf children and young people from birth until they reach independence. NDCS supports the deaf child through the family as well as directly supporting deaf children and young people themselves.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £4.0 million for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing net assets to £18.0 million. While unrestricted reserves of £17.8 million are currently above the stated policy target range of £8.6 million to £11.3 million, the trustees anticipate a deficit in the upcoming year due to significant investment in fundraising and charitable activity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Regulator actions

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The National Deaf Children's Society (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Cadbury Fingers — “Our partnership with Cadbury Fingers helps make everyday moments more inclusive for deaf children and their families.” (source page)

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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 (71,987 followers) · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 33.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/07/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dominic James Holtonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Altaf Amirali Sadrudin Ali Kassam
• Damian Ross Proctor
• Dr Luke Tristan Kelly · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emily Beardshall
• Felicity Preacher
• Katharine Stocks
• Lesley Lindberg
• Lorraine Michelle Wapling
• Michael Ellis
• Thomas Astbury

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Bolivia · Colombia · Ecuador · India · Ireland · Kenya · Northern Ireland · Peru · Scotland · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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 THE FAMILY CENTRE (DEAF CHILDREN).

• THE FAMILY CENTRE (DEAF CHILDREN) income £147k
• Deaf Choices UK Limited income £274k
• THE JEWISH DEAF ASSOCIATION income £1.3m
• DEAF UNITY income £148k
• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DEAF SOCIETY income £779k
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE DEAF ASSOCIATION income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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