BECOMING VISIBLE LIMITED

Registered charity 1117872 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BV

To work for greater social inclusion for Deaf people in the North of England in every sphere of life, and to develop self confidence and self esteem through the promotion of British Sign Language and Deaf Culture.To undertake such charitable activities in pursuit of the above object as the Trustees shall from time to time decide

Objects

A) 3.1 TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DEAF PEOPLE IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND IN EVERY SPHERE OF LIFE IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION , ADVICE, SUPPORT, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND BY THE PROMOTION OF BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE AND DEAF CULTURE.

Area of benefit: IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.

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 · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document contains no financial data, narrative, or statements regarding the charity's financial health, reserves, or operations. It consists solely of repeated document identifiers.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Volunteer management

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Francis Murphy
• Michael James Connolly
• ROBIN JOHN HERDMAN
• Ruth Craig-Murphy

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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