DEAFLINK NORTH EAST

Registered charity 1147237 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Deaflink NE works to improve access to education, health, employment, leisure, equipment and social opportunities for deaf, deafblind, deafened and hard of hearing people who live and work in the North East, through *awareness training *providing information to the community *Providing support and network through our groups

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £21,828 for the year, with total income of £139,882 against total payments of £118,054. Net assets increased to £113,003, comprising £60,000 in designated contingency funds and £53,003 in unrestricted funds. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and the accounts comply with legal requirements.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07982375

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.

• VERRALL, Katherine Janet Margaret West — director, appointed 24/07/2025on trustee list
• ASHIE-NEEQUAYE, Emma — director, appointed 15/01/2024on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Heather — director, appointed 26/09/2019on trustee list
• ROWLANDS, Christopher — director, appointed 11/07/2019on trustee list
• MCQUILLAN, Laura — director, appointed 28/10/2018on trustee list
• ROSS, Rachel Mary — director, appointed 11/09/2014on trustee list
• PENNINGTON, Joyce — director, appointed 17/07/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Rowlands
• Emma Ashie-Neequaye
• Heather Thompson
• JOYCE PENNINGTON
• Katherine Janet Margaret West Verrall
• Laura McQuillan
• Rachel Ross

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

Operates in: Durham · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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