BID SERVICES
Registered charity 1053184 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B I D, BID SERVICES WITH DEAF PEOPLE, BIRMINGHAM INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
Working to improve the lives of deaf and hard of hearing people and those in need by reason of age, ill health or disability.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net incoming resource surplus of £253,253 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £6,573,118. The trustees report that free unrestricted reserves are £1,268,429, which is below the stated policy target of at least £2 million, though the charity holds significant cash balances and secured funding to support going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: at least £2 million (held: £1.3m)
“the charity has determined that it wants to retain a general reserve of at least £2 million, which would represent around 6 months of operating expenditure.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Deaf Cultural Centre (Trading) Limited
“The charitable company owns 100% of the share capital of Deaf Cultural Centre (Trading) Limited which provides catering and conference facilities.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young (Birmingham) LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
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.
- BREEZE, Adam Carl — director, appointed 02/10/2025on trustee list
- YOUNIS, Vaqhars — director, appointed 02/10/2025on trustee list
- ANDERSON, Hannah Elizabeth — director, appointed 05/12/2024on trustee list
- MCGEOGHAN, Andrew John — director, appointed 28/09/2023on trustee list
- COLLINGWOOD, Matthew James — director, appointed 25/11/2021on trustee list
- PRICE, Michael Jonathan — director, appointed 22/09/2016on trustee list
- KAUR, Sandeep — director, appointed 20/09/2012on trustee list
- PENBERTHY, Gail — secretary, appointed 05/12/2024
Official officers record.
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.
CQC provider record: Birmingham Institute for the Deaf — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 19/12/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
CQC provider record: BID Services — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 28/10/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£94k
Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (26/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (03/09/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Adam Carl Breeze
- Andrew Mcgeoghan
- Hannah Anderson
- MICHAEL PRICE
- Matthew James Collingwood
- SANDEEP KAUR
- Vaqhars Younis
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BID SERVICES financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net incoming resource surplus of £253,253 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £6,573,118. The trustees report that free unrestricted reserves are £1,268,429, which is below the stated policy target of at least £2 million, though the charity holds significant cash balances and secured funding to support going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young (Birmingham) LLP.
Who funds BID SERVICES?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BID SERVICES as a grant recipient include WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST, OVINGDEAN HALL FOUNDATION, BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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