SIGNALONG The Communication Charity

Registered charity 1039788 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIGNALONG, THE SIGNALONG GROUP

Development of visual communication resources (signing, symbols and pictures) for children and adults with verbal communication difficulties. Most users have learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorders. Training and free advice provided

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £8,885 for the year ended 31 December 2025, an increase from the previous year's deficit of £3,350. Despite this, the trustees report that operational income was sufficient to cover running costs and reserves were maintained at the target level. The charity notes rising costs and economic pressures but states it continues to manage finances responsibly.

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 4 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
• 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
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN PHILIP FRANKLINchair
• BEVERLY McCUE
• Jonathan Tate
• MICHELLE SONGEST · trustee of 1 other charity
• NIGEL STANCLIFFE
• Shahnaz Ashraf

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MAKATON CHARITY.

• THE MAKATON CHARITY income £2.0m
• THE LEEDS SOCIETY FOR DEAF AND BLIND PEOPLE income £295k
• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DEAF SOCIETY income £779k
• 'SIGNALS' ESSEX MEDIA CENTRE LTD income £191k
• Deaf Choices UK Limited income £274k
• HARROW ASSOCIATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE income £594k

Side by side with its peers

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