DURHAM DEAFENED SUPPORT

Registered charity 1080663 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAST DURHAM DEAFENED AND HEARING-IMPAIRED SUPPORT GROUP, EAST DURHAM HEARING-IMPAIRED SUPPORT GROUP, EDDHIS

1:1 Support.Advocacy.4 Drop ins weekly.11 Community Support/Lip Reading groups.Training.Equipment loan service available via drop-in's/home visitsTinnitus Support.Dealing with Deafness - Non residential 1 week course.Crafts, Yoga, IT, Chi Ball

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF, INTEGRATION, REHABILITATION WELFARE AND EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN ACQUIRED HEARING LOSS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SUCH PEOPLE LIVING IN COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON.

Area of benefit: COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £157,868.05 against total expenditure of £225,119.35, resulting in a deficit of £67,251.30 for the year. Free reserves decreased from £172,869.60 to £105,618.30. The trustees report that the charity continues to thrive despite the financial loss.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Lottery Community Fund — “Great news! DDS has secured funding of £18,984.00 from the Lottery Community Fund.” (source page)
• Area Action Partnerships of Spennymoor, Stanley and Bishop Auckland & Shildon — “Proudly supported by: With thanks to the Area Action Partnerships of Spennymoor, Stanley and Bishop Auckland & Shildon.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel Bannonchair
• Barry Richardson
• Brian Heslop
• Derek Sherwood
• Kenneth Renwick
• Margaret Sherwood

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHESHIRE DEAF SOCIETY.

• CHESHIRE DEAF SOCIETY income £2.8m
• DEAF EMPOWERING NETWORK income £960k
• THE JEWISH DEAF ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• ACTION FOR DEAFNESS income £2.4m
• ACTION DEAFNESS income £3.1m
• WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE income £192k

Side by side with its peers

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