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

Latest income

£860k

Latest spending

£868k

Registered

2005

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£860k

Total spending

£868k

Cost of raising funds

£5k

Reserves (reported)

£139k

Employees

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

Trustees

Claire Lisa Cummingschair
Almas Patankar
Bryony Claire Parkes
Christos Argyropoulos
Claire Holland
Grace Cluskey
Pauline Roberts
Qamar Un Nisa Aamir
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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£860k	£868k
31/03/2024	£703k	£1.0m
31/03/2023	£840k	£754k
31/03/2022	£679k	£930k
31/03/2021	£894k	£597k

Common questions

Who funds THE MANCHESTER DEAF CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MANCHESTER DEAF CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST, YOUNG MANCHESTER, THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	FY2023	£50k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	FY2024	£25k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	FY2025	£15k
YOUNG MANCHESTER	FY2024	£13k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
YOUNG MANCHESTER	FY2023	£0
YOUNG MANCHESTER	FY2023	£0

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	17/02/2026	£148k	"Bridging Generations: Passing on Manchester's deaf heritage and celebrating 180 years of legacy."
Postcode Lottery	01/05/2023	£13k	Project Funding
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council	31/08/2020	£5k	VCFSE Digi Grant to The Manchester Deaf Centre
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/02/2019	£50k	"Milan to Millennium - Deaf History Project"