ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF DERBY

Registered charity 1062507 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RSD SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF DERBY

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Latest income

£5.6m

Latest spending

£5.5m

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £183,455 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £8,739,244. The trustees confirm that reserves targets are met in full, with funds designated for campus enhancement and residential improvements.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £0.9 - £1.3m (held: £8.7m)

“The target £0.9 - £1.3m of readily realisable reserves is met.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Late payment and occasional non-payment by some Local Authority partners for children and young people with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) places an unfair burden on the school finances which, in turn, places reliance on the charity to cover shortfalls in learner costs.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bates Weston Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£5.6m

Total spending

£5.5m

Cost of raising funds

£17k

Reserves (reported)

£8.9m

Employees

102

Reported reserves equal ~19.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (18/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (14/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (06/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Douglas Edward Bulgerchair
Craig Crowley
DAVID DU CELLIEE MULLER
James Alexander Bruce Ottewell
Mark Ian Tomalin

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

Operates in: Derby City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£5.6m	£5.5m
31/08/2024	£5.0m	£4.9m
31/08/2023	£5.0m	£5.2m
31/08/2022	£11.5m	£4.7m
31/08/2021	£5.0m	£4.5m

Common questions

Is ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF DERBY financially healthy?

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	20/01/2022	£10k	"Continuing our Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/03/2018	£7k	"Celebrating 125 years of Royal School for the Deaf Derby"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/03/2011	£49k	"Oral Deaf Heritage as told by those making the history"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/08/2004	£1k	"A Project To Commemorate The Events Leading To The End Of Ww2 And The Contribution Made By The Deaf Community In Derby To The War Effort."