BRITISH DEAF ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1031687 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BDA, BDA NORTHERN IRELAND, BDA SCOTLAND, BDA WALES · also registered in Scotland as SC042409 (OSCR)

Latest income

£2.5m

Latest spending

£2.2m

Registered

1994

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£2.5m

Total spending

£2.2m

Cost of raising funds

£148k

Reserves (reported)

£2.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Ahmed Mudawi
HAMZA SHAIKH
Jeffery Drew
John Denerley
Michael Kyriakides
Mohammed Irfan Yusuf
Robert Adam
Victoria Nelson

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.5m	£2.2m
31/03/2024	£2.5m	£1.4m
31/03/2023	£1.5m	£1.1m
31/03/2022	£1.5m	£744k
31/03/2021	£1.3m	£1.0m

Common questions

Who funds BRITISH DEAF ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH DEAF ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£112k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	FY2023	£80k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£20k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/04/2026	£201k	"Deaf Heritage Sorted"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/07/2024	£126k	"Untold Deaf Stories - Northern Ireland"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/03/2012	£784k	"British Deaf Association's 'Heritage Picture House': unveiling the National Film Archive of the deaf community"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/06/2006	£132k	"Deaf Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/08/2005	£1k	"The British Deaf Association Will Use Their Award To Create A Record Of The Wartime Experiences Of Deaf People In The North Of England. Deaf"