HEAR TOGETHER

Registered charity 1188842 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hear Together is a registered charity dedicated to supporting people with hearing loss in Nottingham & Derby. We work with children and adults through community activities, providing support with hearing technology and professional training. Our vision is that everyone lives well with hearing loss and fulfils their unique potential.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE IN THE UK TO HELP THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES TO LIVE WELL WITH HEARING LOSS BY PROVIDING PERSON-CENTRED SERVICES, ADVANCING EDUCATION AND PROMOTING THE USE OF HEARING TECHNOLOGY.

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

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Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£52k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £52,274 to £27,885 due to a net expenditure of £24,389. The trustees report that the charity faced a risk of closure before the end of 2025 but anticipates receiving a bequest in June 2025 to continue operations. The reserves policy targets maintaining three to six months of expenditure, and the current unrestricted balance is below the lower end of this target.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £28k; policy: between three and six month’s expenditure)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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
Risk management
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — HEAR TOGETHER (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

HILARY CLAIRE PAGE
JULIE MATHER
NICHOLAS TEDD

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£27k	£52k
31/03/2024	£34k	£46k
31/03/2023	£24k	£36k
31/03/2022	£16k	£39k
31/03/2021	£124k	£25k

Common questions

Is HEAR TOGETHER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £52,274 to £27,885 due to a net expenditure of £24,389. The trustees report that the charity faced a risk of closure before the end of 2025 but anticipates receiving a bequest in June 2025 to continue operations. The reserves policy targets maintaining three to six months of expenditure, and the current unrestricted balance is below the lower end of this target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HEAR TOGETHER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HEAR TOGETHER as a grant recipient include THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£125k	Welfare of the Elderly
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2024	£10k	Smaller Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	28/07/2020	£4k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund