DEAFCONNECT

Registered charity 1124196 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of a range of services and activities to enable deaf people to take their full part in society.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Get email alerts

Latest income
£354k
Latest spending
£407k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves have decreased significantly from £200,688 to £54,327, while restricted reserves fell from £128,708 to £11,461. The trustees report that services are stretched beyond capacity and that the availability of new grant funds has reduced due to the ongoing financial situation affecting the country. Despite these challenges, the charity maintains a strategy of self-sustainability through interpreting, room hire, and training services.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient cash flow for known commitments, and the replacement of certain assets (held: £54k)
“The current reserve policy is to maintain sufficient cash flow for known commitments, and the replacement of certain assets.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£354k£407k
31/03/2024£461k£358k
31/03/2023£284k£319k
31/03/2022£321k£315k
31/03/2021£244k£255k

Common questions

Is DEAFCONNECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves have decreased significantly from £200,688 to £54,327, while restricted reserves fell from £128,708 to £11,461. The trustees report that services are stretched beyond capacity and that the availability of new grant funds has reduced due to the ongoing financial situation affecting the country. Despite these challenges, the charity maintains a strategy of self-sustainability through interpreting, room hire, and training services. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DEAFCONNECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DEAFCONNECT as a grant recipient include NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, BIRKDALE TRUST FOR HEARING IMPAIRED LTD.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
BIRKDALE TRUST FOR HEARING IMPAIRED LTDFY2025£4k
BIRKDALE TRUST FOR HEARING IMPAIRED LTDFY2022£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England29/07/2025£8kDeaf Football in Northamptonshire
The National Lottery Community Fund17/10/2019£10kDeaf Connect 50+ Group
The National Lottery Community Fund04/07/2018£374kHard of Hearing Support Services
The National Lottery Community Fund01/02/2017£10kBedford Drop-In Deaf Services

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEAFCONNECT£354k—0unclear—no doubt
ACTION FOR DEAFNESS FY2024£2.4m——above—no doubt
DEAF UNITY FY2024£148k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL ASSOCIATION FOR DEAF PEOPLE FY2025£3.1m——below—no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE DEAF ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt
DEAF ACTIVE FY2025£273k—0unclear—no doubt

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