Deaf Experience Limited

Registered charity 1114319 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEAF EX-MAINSTREAMERS GROUP, DEAF EX-MAINSTREAMERS LIMITED, Deaf Experience

Deaf Experience (DEXperience) is deaf user-led, aiming for the wellbeing of deaf children and young people, providing consultation, participation, training and research. DEX conducted a ground-breaking Best Value Review of deaf education from user perspective, establishing universal performance standards and works with national organisations towards legislation and policy change.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF DEAF PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A SERVICE CALCULATED TO ASSIST THEM TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS.

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 · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £33,199 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £92,099. Per the trustees' report, free reserves excluding fixed assets stood at £41,077, which is significantly above the stated minimum reserves target of £5,000.

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.

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
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elisabeth Taunton
• Falak Sher Adil
• GILLIAN JONES- LEACH
• IAN EDWARD RANDELL
• Khalid Ashraf · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mohsin Patel
• Olivia Wyres-Thomas Drinkwater Cowhig

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTION DEAFNESS.

• ACTION DEAFNESS income £3.1m
• DEAF ACTIVE income £273k
• DEAF EMPOWERING NETWORK income £960k
• DEAFWAY income £2.9m
• WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE income £192k
• DEAF UNITY income £148k

Side by side with its peers

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