HI KENT

Registered charity 1052036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hi Kent aims to raise awareness of the needs of deaf people and provide practical support to manage hearing loss throughout Kent. Activities include: Assessments of need for people over the age of 26 on behalf of Kent County Council. Provision of assistive equipment and advice. Advice, Hearing aid maintenance, Sign language & Deaf Awareness training, Support groups and Lipreading courses.

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Latest income

£574k

Latest spending

£581k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £6,940 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an improvement on the previous year's £17,000 deficit. Total funds decreased to £173,515, with free reserves standing at £133,334, which the trustees aim to maintain at four to six months of operational costs. The trustees confirm adequate resources exist to continue operations on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four to six months’ operational costs (held: £133k)

“It is our longer term aim to maintain reserves at the equivalent of between four to six months’ operational costs, as a contingency to enable us to honour all contractual obligations.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income

£574k

Total spending

£581k

Cost of raising funds

£7k

Reserves (reported)

£133k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CLIVE REDDIHOUGHchair
CAROLINE ELIZABETH HIGHWOOD
Julia Samantha Cox
MARY SHAW
Pat Todd · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Kent · Medway

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£574k	£581k
31/03/2024	£563k	£580k
31/03/2023	£580k	£622k
31/03/2022	£575k	£603k
31/03/2021	£662k	£563k

Common questions

Is HI KENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £6,940 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an improvement on the previous year's £17,000 deficit. Total funds decreased to £173,515, with free reserves standing at £133,334, which the trustees aim to maintain at four to six months of operational costs. The trustees confirm adequate resources exist to continue operations on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HI KENT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HI KENT as a grant recipient include THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION, JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£20k
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION	FY2022	£9k
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k	Unrestricted
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2024	£5k	Other grants
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2025	£5k
THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION	FY2023	£4k
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Ann Rylands Small Donations Programme
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Ann Rylands Small Donations
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INSURERS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Ad hoc grant
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k	Disability
THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Health and Welfare
SANDWICH TOLL BRIDGE FUND	FY2022	£480
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, IGHTHAM	FY2024	£388
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INSURERS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	—	Ad hoc grants

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	31/08/2025	£60k	Millionaire Street 2025 08w4
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/08/2025	£20k	Technology Support for People with Hearing Loss in Kent
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/05/2024	£20k	Hi Kent Lipreading Classes for People Living with Hearing Loss
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/01/2024	£131k	Social Groups Project for People Living with Hearing Loss in Kent
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/08/2016	£10k	Hi Kent Hearing Aid Provision: For People Not Profit
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/12/2010	£159k	Lipreading Support Groups in Kent
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/02/2009	£1k	Lip Reading Support Groups - Kent
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/02/2007	£9k	Lip Reading Support Groups - Kent

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£42k
The William Brake Foundation	1	£16k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUST	1	£10k
THE ULVERSCROFT FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITED	1	£4k
THE W H AND A HAWKINS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£4k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HERTFORDSHIRE HEARING ADVISORY SERVICE.

HERTFORDSHIRE HEARING ADVISORY SERVICE income £382k
WALES COUNCIL FOR DEAF PEOPLE income £437k
HEARING IMPAIRMENT AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT SUPPORT UK income £104k
DEAF AWARENESS: NE income £164k
ACTION DEAFNESS income £3.1m
DEAF ACTIVE income £273k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HI KENT	£574k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HERTFORDSHIRE HEARING ADVISORY SERVICE FY2025	£382k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
WALES COUNCIL FOR DEAF PEOPLE FY2025	£437k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
HEARING IMPAIRMENT AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT SUPPORT UK FY2025	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DEAF AWARENESS: NE FY2025	£164k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ACTION DEAFNESS FY2025	£3.1m	in excess of £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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