DEAFNESS RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1128148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEAFNESS RESOURCE CENTRE

The Deafness Resource Centre provides services that support, empower and enable D/deaf people to fully participate and access services and opportunities that facilitates independence and improves lifestyles. The services include advocacy, equipment and communication service. The Deafness Resource Centre is based in St Helens offering services across the North West region and the wider UK.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £47,361 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £271,248. The trustees' report indicates that this financial position is supported by a five-year National Lottery Community Fund award and equates to approximately six months of running costs. The charity holds no defined-benefit pension deficits and operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06807282

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Steve Morgan Foundation — “Our Partners St Helens Borough Council Halton Borough Council Knowsley Borough Council Steve Morgan Foundation” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “Steve Morgan Foundation National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• Children in Need — “National Lottery Community Fund Children in Need” (source page)
• Global’s Make Some Noise — “British Tinnitus Association Signature Global’s Make Some Noise” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ROBINSON, Wayne Geoffrey — director, appointed 21/07/2026on trustee list
• CLARKE, Lynn — director, appointed 02/06/2026on trustee list
• WHALLEY, John — director, appointed 20/05/2025on trustee list
• HARDIMAN, Brian — director, appointed 21/03/2023on trustee list
• EVANS, Graham — director, appointed 18/01/2022on trustee list
• CALLAGHAN, Patricia — director, appointed 14/10/2020on trustee list
• YATES, Janet Margaret — director, appointed 12/10/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Hardiman
• Graham Evans
• JANET YATES
• John Whalley
• Lynn Clarke
• Patricia Callaghan
• Wayne Robinson

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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