DDEAFLINKS - STAFFORDSHIRE

Registered charity 1063573 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STAFFORDSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE DEAF, STOKE-ON-TRENT AND STAFFORDSHIRE DEAF SOCIETY

Services offered to help the Charity meet its objects of promoting better treatment, education, training, employment and welfare of deaf people and generally to promote, safeguard and protect the interests and welfare of deaf people, to include;InformationAdviceCommunication SupportDeaf Awareness TrainingBritish Sign Language trainingSocial groupsDeaf Church group

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PREVENTION AND MITIGATION OF DEAFNESS AND BETTER TREATMENT, EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND WELFARE OF DEAF PEOPLE (WHICH EXPRESSION IN THIS MEMORANDUM INCLUDES THE FULL RANGE OF DEAF PEOPLE WHOSE HEARING IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE GENERAL POPULATION) AND GENERALLY TO PROMOTE, SAFEGUARD AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF DEAF PEOPLE

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 · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £4,494 for the year, with total funds increasing to £534,667. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Free reserves stood at £190,946, while a designated reserve of £300,000 is held for the future purchase of a headquarters.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03372231

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.

• MACDONALD, Adele Christine — director, appointed 05/06/2025on trustee list
• SMITH, Kelly Louise — director, appointed 13/06/2023on trustee list
• GILFORD, Peter Roy — director, appointed 06/10/2021on trustee list
• BREWSTER, Stephanie Joyce — director, appointed 13/10/2020on trustee list
• VEALE, Mark — director, appointed 07/06/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~31.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (69% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephanie Joyce Brewsterchair
• Adele Christine MacDonald
• Kelly Louise Smith
• Mark Veale
• Peter Roy Gilford

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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