BRADFORD DEAF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1140627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide opportunity for interaction between deaf and hearing people. We provide access to information, training and recreational activites for deaf and hard of hearing people.

Objects

THE CHARITYãS OBJECTS (¶OBJECTS÷) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(A) THE RELIEF OF NEED BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, SUPPORT AND SUITABLE FACILITIES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING IN BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND TRAINING IN ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND DEAF CULTURE.(C) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN PROPERTY FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR:(I) MEETINGS, LECTURES, CLASSES AND WORSHIP;(II) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS.(D) TO FURTHER THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR WORSHIP IN WHICH SERVICES MAY BE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ALL DEAF PEOPLE.(E) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £43,153 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £344,235 to £301,082. The trustees report that free reserves of £15,862 are within the agreed policy target range of £14,482 to £43,446, and they are satisfied there are no material uncertainties regarding 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 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.

• 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
• 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

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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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/12/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan James Foster
• Christopher Gordon Johnson · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARGARET HAMMOND
• Peter Stanworth
• SUSAN MCCORMACK

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SLOUGH & DISTRICT DEAF CENTRE.

• SLOUGH & DISTRICT DEAF CENTRE income £137k
• BRADFORD AFRICAN COMMUNITY income £137k
• DEAF UNITY income £148k
• ACCESS BEDFORD income £86k
• BRADFORD CINDERELLA CLUB income £31k
• BRITISH DEAF ASSOCIATION income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

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