THE FAMILY CENTRE (DEAF CHILDREN)

Registered charity 1196287 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FCDC

Provides support, activities, events and courses for deaf children and their families

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

Latest income

£147k

Latest spending

£123k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £28,946, which the trustees report equates to almost five months of reduced activity expenditure, meeting their policy target of three months. The charity secured significant grant funding, including a £242,796 award from the National Lottery Community Fund, providing financial security through April 2029. Despite this, the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £7,697 for the year, with unrestricted funds declining from £36,643 to £28,946.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £29k)

“By the end of this period, we built up our reserves back up to 3 months’ worth of full activity expenditure as a reserve amount, which equates to almost 5 months of reduced activity or base expenditure.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Family Centre (Deaf Children) (FCDC) (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Neil Currychair
Daniel Hunt
Elizabeth Lawrence
Kaisha Powell
Kay Confait
Samantha Lautieri
Sarah Jane Evans
Stephen Thompson

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£147k	£123k
31/03/2024	£85k	£99k
31/03/2023	£155k	£105k

Common questions

Is THE FAMILY CENTRE (DEAF CHILDREN) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £28,946, which the trustees report equates to almost five months of reduced activity expenditure, meeting their policy target of three months. The charity secured significant grant funding, including a £242,796 award from the National Lottery Community Fund, providing financial security through April 2029. Despite this, the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £7,697 for the year, with unrestricted funds declining from £36,643 to £28,946. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/03/2024	£243k	Improving the Lives of Deaf Children and Their Families
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/01/2020	£298k	The Family Centre (Deaf Children)