SANDWELL DEAF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1124084 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SDCA

The relief of deaf and hearing impaired persons in Sandwell, West Midlands and surrounding areas.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF BEING DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING IN ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (1) FURTHERING THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THE NEEDS OF THOSE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF BEING DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING; (2) PROVIDING SPECIALIST, LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE, BESPOKE SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO HELP THOSE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF BEING DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING; (3) PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME FACILITIES TO THOSE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF BEING DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WHETHER WITHIN A FORMAL COMMUNITY CENTRE SETTING OR OTHERWISE; AND (4) SUPPORTING AND/OR ADVOCATING FOR THOSE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF BEING DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING TO MAXIMISE OPPORTUNITY, INDEPENDENCE, AUTONOMY AND WELFARE WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: SANDWELL, WEST MIDLANDS 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £1,043,000, which the Trustees state are held at a level sufficient to cover three months of unrestricted expenditure. The accounts indicate a healthy financial position with no material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO UK LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sandwell Deaf Community Association (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Thomas
• Helen Cooper
• Henry Jonathan Robin Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louise Anne Cross · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

Common questions

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 SANDWELL VALLEY SCHOOL.

• SANDWELL VALLEY SCHOOL income £1.4m
• SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HEALTHCARE AND HOSPITALS CHARITY income £1.1m
• SANDWELL YOUNG CARERS income £255k
• THE SANDWELL CROSSROADS CARE ATTENDANT SCHEME LIMITED income £1.8m
• WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE income £192k
• THE SANDWELL COMMUNITY CARING TRUST income £18.1m

Side by side with its peers

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