THE MANCHESTER DEAF CENTRE

Registered charity 1110373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MANCHESTER DEAF CENTRE, MDC, THE MANCHESTER DEAF CENTRE LIMITED

We promote services to enable deaf, hard-of-hearing and deafblind people to improve the quality of their lives. The Deaf Centre provides facilities for Sports & Social Club, Deafblind, Youth Group and 50 Group. All groups are supported through training and volunteer project we have. We run an agency which provides Sign Language Interpreters. We also provide BSL and Deaf Awareness training.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF DEAF, HARD -OF-HEARING AND DEAF-BLIND PEOPLE RESIDENT IN MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, EDUCATION AND FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PEOPLE ('THE OBJECTS').

Area of benefit: MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves stood at £185,428, comprising £46,563 in restricted funds and a negative unrestricted balance of £106,876. The trustees note that the unrestricted deficit is due to a pension exit provision expected to be repaid over 20 years, but confirm the charity can meet liabilities as they fall due with access to new financing. The reserves policy target is approximately £200,000 to cover six months of running costs.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 09/02/2024, 9 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Manchester Deaf Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery Community Fund — “National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Lisa Cummingschair
• Almas Patankar
• Bryony Claire Parkes
• Christos Argyropoulos
• Claire Holland
• Grace Cluskey
• Pauline Roberts
• Sam Johnson
• Tina Kirwin-McGinley

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 MERSEYSIDE SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE.

• MERSEYSIDE SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE income £1.1m
• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DEAF SOCIETY income £779k
• THE FAMILY CENTRE (DEAF CHILDREN) income £140k
• THE JEWISH DEAF ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• MUSIC AND THE DEAF income £41k
• ST JOHN'S DEAF COMMUNITY CENTRE income £122k

Side by side with its peers

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