DEAF WORLD

Registered charity 1127458 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL, LEISURE, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HARD OF HEARING AND DEAF YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE WEST MIDLANDS BETWEEN 11 AND 25 YEARS OLD.

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 11 AND 25 BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OFADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; ADVANCING EDUCATIONRELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£249k
Latest spending
£124k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £266,958, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of maintaining £6,000 to cover operational costs. The organization reported a net incoming resource position of £124,758 for the year, driven primarily by grant income of £242,886. No material uncertainties regarding going concern were identified, and the accounts were subject to an independent examination with no adverse findings.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Maintain a reserve at a level that will provide sufficient funds to cover costs for management, administration and support cost, including additional costs, if and when the charity ceases to operate, These funds are maintained throughout the year at an amount £6000. (held: £267k)
“Itis the policy of this charity to Maintain a reserve at a level that will provide sufficient funds to cover costs for management, administration and support cost, including additional costs, if and when the charity ceases to operate, These funds are maintained throughout the year at an amount £6000.” — page 13
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£249k£124k
31/03/2025£223k£143k
31/03/2024£86k£86k
31/03/2023£58k£57k
31/03/2022£57k£67k

Common questions

Is DEAF WORLD financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £266,958, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of maintaining £6,000 to cover operational costs. The organization reported a net incoming resource position of £124,758 for the year, driven primarily by grant income of £242,886. No material uncertainties regarding going concern were identified, and the accounts were subject to an independent examination with no adverse findings. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DEAF WORLD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DEAF WORLD as a grant recipient include THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE DWF FOUNDATION, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TRUEMARK TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£8k
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2024£5kTowards Deaf Zone Youth Club.
THE DWF FOUNDATIONFY2022£4k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kCommunity Projects and Integration
THE TRUEMARK TRUSTFY2024£3k
BIRKDALE TRUST FOR HEARING IMPAIRED LTDFY2025£2k
BIRKDALE TRUST FOR HEARING IMPAIRED LTDFY2024£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2024£500Care of the Elderly and Physically/Mentally Handicapped

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England13/10/2025£11kJourney of Transition-Deaf Sports Pathway
The National Lottery Community Fund28/11/2024£227kJourney of Transition
The National Lottery Community Fund03/10/2024£20kImproving Access with Digital
Birmingham City Council15/03/2023£10kEngland Cricket Association for the Deaf (DCAD) Midlands
UK government13/07/2020£3kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England17/03/2020£5kCricket for the Deaf
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2015£10kFirst Gear Experience for Young People
The National Lottery Community Fund11/08/2011£2k1st Gear

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 BID SERVICES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEAF WORLD£249k—0above—no doubt
BID SERVICES FY2025£6.6m——unclear—no doubt
PORTSMOUTH ASSOCIATION FOR THE WELFARE OF THE DEAF AND DUMB FY2025£8k—0within—no doubt
DEAFWAY FY2025£2.9m——below—no doubt
DEAF EMPOWERING NETWORK FY2025£960k—0above—no doubt
WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE FY2026£209k—0unclear—no doubt

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