THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DEAF PEOPLE
Registered charity 207720 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTION ON HEARING LOSS, R N I D, RNID, THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF · also registered in Scotland as SC038926 (OSCR)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity finished the year with an unrestricted operating surplus of £0.8m and free reserves of £5.6m, which the trustees confirm is within their stated target range of £3.2m to £6.4m. The charity reports being financially sustainable with strong cash reserves, although it notes continued dependency on legacy income and challenges in embedding a new CRM system. The trustees and auditors have confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis for the financial statements.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £3.2m - £6.4m (held: £5.6m)
“Trustees reviewed the policy in 2024/25 and kept the target range of £3.2m - £6.4m, reflecting an assessment of income risks to ensure RNID is sustainable in the long-term with a balance to enable us to invest in growth.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from Sharegift, where trustee Gillian Budd is also a trustee.
“Gillian Budd, trustee, is also a trustee of The Orr Mackintosh Foundation t/a Sharegift. During the year, Sharegift donated £10,000 to RNID (2024: £nil).” — page 84
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Harriet Oppenheimer — Chief Executive (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£4.1m
Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (23/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (27/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (18/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (19/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (24/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustees
- Ewen James Stevensonchair
- Amber Kirby
- Clive Warner
- Gillian Susan Budd
- Jessica Rasmussen
- Matthew Jackson Stringer · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rt Hon Chloe Smith
- Ruth Thomsen · trustee of 1 other charity
- Tanya Curry
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DEAF PEOPLE financially healthy?
The accounts state that the charity finished the year with an unrestricted operating surplus of £0.8m and free reserves of £5.6m, which the trustees confirm is within their stated target range of £3.2m to £6.4m. The charity reports being financially sustainable with strong cash reserves, although it notes continued dependency on legacy income and challenges in embedding a new CRM system. The trustees and auditors have confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis for the financial statements. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DEAF PEOPLE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DEAF PEOPLE as a grant recipient include MOTABILITY, HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE BATCHWORTH TRUST, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST.
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