BRITISH DEAF HISTORY SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1110669 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH DEAF HISTORY SOCIETY

To promote and advance the interest in discovery, research and preservation of the histories of deaf people, their communities, culture and language, including promoting awareness of deaf history among members of the general public.

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Latest income

£49k

Latest spending

£75k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £26,189 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £225,585 to £199,396. The trustees note that the Deaf Heritage Centre was placed on the Arts Council's Museums-at-Risk Register due to a lack of lottery funding, with no further grants available after October 2024. Despite these challenges, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £199,396 and has no stated reserves policy target.

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.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05382744

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.

BIRTLES, Lisa — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
NAPIER, Melinda Nora — director, appointed 25/11/2011on trustee list
JACKSON, Peter Webster — director, appointed 04/06/2005on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

GEOFFREY JOHN EAGLING
Ian Douglas Depledge
Lisa Birtles
Melinda Napier
PETER JACKSON
PHILLIP GARDNER · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£49k	£75k
31/03/2024	£74k	£95k
31/03/2023	£98k	£55k
31/03/2022	£86k	£129k
31/03/2021	£131k	£244k

Common questions

Is BRITISH DEAF HISTORY SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £26,189 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £225,585 to £199,396. The trustees note that the Deaf Heritage Centre was placed on the Arts Council's Museums-at-Risk Register due to a lack of lottery funding, with no further grants available after October 2024. Despite these challenges, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £199,396 and has no stated reserves policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	31/07/2023	£25k	Unrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/01/2023	£100k	"#DYC Preserving Deaf Heritage for Future Generations"
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/07/2022	£10k	Deaf Meets
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/06/2020	£22k	"COVID19: British Deaf History Society"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/02/2018	£112k	"Celebrating a better and more resilient heritage and museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/09/2014	£10k	"Training for Museum Volunteers"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/06/2014	£10k	"BDA125"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/01/2011	£49k	"Discovering Your Deaf Roots"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/06/2004	£2k	"History Society Uses An Award To Provide Genealogy Workshops To Enable Deaf People Who Use British Sign Language And Who Cannot Access Mains"
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/06/2004	£2k	Family History Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/07/2001	£5k	"This group promotes interest in the research and preservation of the history of deaf people, their communities, culture and language. This p"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/04/2000	£5k	"This group promotes the research and preservation of the history of deaf people their communities culture and language. The group wish to ce"