EMPOWERING DEAF SOCIETY

Registered charity 1131970 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting the welfare of Deaf peopleProvide advice and training in all areas of education and employmentPromote the educational and social interests of Deaf peopleProvide support and advice for those accessing mainstream education and vocational training.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR DEAF TEACHERS AND TEACHERS WORKING WITH DEAF PEOPLE, WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING STANDARDS OF TEACHING FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION WITHIN THE DEAF SIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNITY.3. TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT BY PROVIDING ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION FOR THE DEAF SIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNITY.4. TO RELIEVE NEED AMONG DEAF PEOPLE BY HELPING THEM ACCESS MAINSTREAM AND PUBLIC SERVICES AND BY HELPING THEM PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.5. TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY HELPING DEAF PEOPLE TO ACCESS EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SERVICES AND BY PROMOTING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DEAF AND HEARING COMMUNITIES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL.

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

Registered contact address: Redbridge, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is actively preparing to reapply for future funding as its major grants from the National Lottery Community Fund and Trust for London are approaching their end. The trustees report a commitment to diversifying income through social enterprise and grant funding to ensure the continuation of vital services.

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

What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• 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

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

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• IONA GOSLING MA, PGCE
• Lilija Vasina
• Nandana Sinillkumar
• Ravishanthy Senthivel BA

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BECOMING VISIBLE LIMITED.

• BECOMING VISIBLE LIMITED income £493k
• DEAF EMPOWERING NETWORK income £960k
• MERSEYSIDE SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE income £1.1m
• Empowering Futures income £318k
• Deaf Choices UK Limited income £274k
• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DEAF SOCIETY income £779k

Side by side with its peers

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