BIRKDALE TRUST FOR HEARING IMPAIRED LTD

Registered charity 1103074 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of children and young people with particular reference to those with hearing impairment.

Objects

(A)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THOSE WITH A HEARING IMPAIRMENT;(B) TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT, WHICH PROMOTES THE WELFARE OF HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, WHICH MAY CONVENIENTLY BE PURSUED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PURSUIT OF THE FIRST MENTIONED OBJECT.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net operating deficit of £160,779 for the year ended 5 April 2026, which was offset by significant investment gains of £634,937, resulting in a net income of £474,158. Total unrestricted funds increased to £6,488,142, with the trustees stating that reserves are held at an adequate level to cover normal liabilities. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Advance Audit Limited. Discloses 5 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 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05004473

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.

• RIMMER, Peter — director, appointed 29/05/2024on trustee list
• BRAIN, Emma — director, appointed 27/03/2024on trustee list
• VITTY, Caroline — director, appointed 26/07/2023on trustee list
• MULLA, Imran, Dr — director, appointed 29/09/2021on trustee list
• BEVAN, Christopher Stuart — director, appointed 27/03/2019on trustee list
• RIDING, Lucy Joanna — director, appointed 14/09/2016on trustee list
• TURNER, Susan Margaret — director, appointed 15/09/2015not on trustee list
• UNSWORTH, Sandra Jane — director, appointed 24/01/2012on trustee list
• PENNINGTON, Colin Edward — director, appointed 30/12/2003on trustee list
• COVENTRY, Pauline Wendy — director, appointed 30/12/2003on trustee list
• BEVAN, Christopher Stuart — secretary, appointed 13/09/2023

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2022)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (61% 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: 3.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sandra Jane Unsworthchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• COLIN EDWARD PENNINGTON
• Caroline Vitty
• Christopher Stuart Bevan
• Dr Imran Mulla · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucy Joanna Riding
• Mrs S Turner
• Peter Rimmer

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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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 FHS TRUST LIMITED.

• FHS TRUST LIMITED income £1.9m
• CHILDREN HEARD AND SEEN income £579k
• THE HARLEA CHARITABLE TRUST income £22k
• Heard Organisation Limited income £929k
• SLOUGH & DISTRICT DEAF CENTRE income £137k
• GATHERING VOICES LIMITED income £63k

Side by side with its peers

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