DEAF AWARENESS: NE

Registered charity 1178549 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

deaf awareness: NE runs a series of sessions and activities from the Linskill Centre, North Shields, to help raise awareness of issues impacting on deaf and hard of hearing people. These session include sign language, lipreading, tinnitus support, deaf awareness training and deaf sports. Hearing induction loops, speech to text and BSL/English interpreters are used as appropriate.

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Latest income
£164k
Latest spending
£114k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £4,825 to £18,609, resulting in a total surplus of £49,797 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £18,609 against total funds of £87,336, with no stated reserves policy target provided in the filing.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£164k£114k
31/03/2024£96k£80k
31/03/2023£44k£46k
31/03/2022£26k£41k
31/03/2021£41k£23k

Common questions

Is DEAF AWARENESS: NE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £4,825 to £18,609, resulting in a total surplus of £49,797 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £18,609 against total funds of £87,336, with no stated reserves policy target provided in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DEAF AWARENESS: NE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DEAF AWARENESS: NE as a grant recipient include THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England06/11/2025£9kDeaf & Sign Sports Club
The National Lottery Community Fund16/08/2023£175kTogether: Better Access
UK government25/06/2020£4kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund10/03/2020£10kSign Sharing
Sport England12/07/2019£10kDeaf Sports Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/10/2018£10k"Not Just Lip Service"