ST JOHN'S DEAF COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1170545 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S DEAF CLUB

St John's Deaf Community Centre is open regularly on most days of the week. They offer a huge range of activities and events, providing a warm welcome to anyone who is Deaf, Deafened, Hard of Hearing and their friends and family. St John's organises regular functions, the club has a great atmosphere and new members are most welcome.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT DEAF PEOPLE AND SIGN LANGUAGE USERS IN NORTH LONDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND ALSO IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INTERNATIONALLY, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER WITH THE SAID INDIVIDUALS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH INDIVIDUALS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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 · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £41,830 for the year ended 04 May 2025, increasing its total unrestricted and restricted reserves to £99,273. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and holds cash at bank of £159,320 against current liabilities of £63,220. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with accounting records and statutory requirements without drawing attention to any matters requiring further understanding.

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.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 04/05/2024 (received 19/03/2025, 15 days after the 04/03/2025 due date); year ending 04/05/2023 (received 16/05/2024, 73 days after the 04/03/2024 due date); year ending 04/05/2022 (received 23/05/2023, 80 days after the 04/03/2023 due date); year ending 04/05/2021 (received 16/05/2022, 73 days after the 04/03/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aaron Miller
• CATHERINE DREW
• JEFFERY MARK DREW
• MATTHEW ROBERT BANKS

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JEWISH DEAF ASSOCIATION.

• THE JEWISH DEAF ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• THE MANCHESTER DEAF CENTRE income £860k
• ST JOHN'S APPROVED PREMISES income £3.0m
• THE ST JOHN'S AND SPRING GROVE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £58k
• ST JOHN'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF income £4.4m
• COMMUNITY OF SAINT JOHN income £123k

Side by side with its peers

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