IPSWICH DEAF SOCIETY

Registered charity 1157646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IDS

To relieve the needs of deaf and hard of hearing people and their familities in Ipswich and the surrounding area, in particular by the provision of support services, advice and education.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES IN IPSWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES, ADVICE AND EDUCATION. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT IPSWICH DEAF SOCIETY PROMOTES INDEPENDENCE AND SUPPORTS DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is selling its building due to high maintenance costs draining funds, with a final balance of £54,816.81 held in the bank. The trustees note that membership income is currently zero and express concern that renting alternative venues could quickly deplete these reserves if not managed carefully.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/09/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON BERRYchair
• DOUGLAS JOHN GRAY
• Gavin Songer

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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