DEAF EMPOWERING NETWORK

Registered charity 1198138 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RARE ROCKETS NE LIMITED

A Charity to serve the purpose who are deaf, deafened, or hard of hearing and those with hearing loss, especially those resident in the geographical area comprising Co. Durham, Tees Valley and North Yorks, by promoting the social and health welfare interests of such persons through the provision of services, facilities, resources, support and items that protect and improve their conditions of life

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF, DEAFENED, OR HARD OF HEARING AND THOSE WITH HEARING LOSS, ESPECIALLY THOSE RESIDENT IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA COMPRISING COUNTY DURHAM, TEES VALLEY (DARLINGTON, STOCKTON, MIDDLESBROUGH, HARTLEPOOL AND REDCAR & CLEVELAND) AND NORTH YORKSHIRE, BY PROMOTING THE SOCIAL AND HEALTH WELFARE INTERESTS OF SUCH PERSONS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, FACILITIES, RESOURCES, SUPPORT AND ITEMS THAT PROTECT AND IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated on a sound financial footing with total income rising to £959,878 from £710,895 in the prior year. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £343,624 were held at year-end, meeting the policy target of three months' core operating costs. The charity generated a net surplus of £139,806, resulting in total funds of £373,958.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jill Brannan
• Kellie Wilson
• Raza Hussain

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · North Yorkshire · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE.

• WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE income £192k
• DEAF UNITY income £148k
• DURHAM DEAFENED SUPPORT income £158k
• HEARING DOGS FOR DEAF PEOPLE income £16.3m
• DEAFCONNECT income £344k
• THE JEWISH DEAF ASSOCIATION income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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