COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF

Registered charity 218005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, for the benefit of the deaf and hearing impaired persons

Objects

TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS RESIDING IN THE FORMER COUNTY OF WARWICK (AS AT MARCH 1974) AND NOW FORMING PART OF THE COUNTY OF WEST MIDLANDS (EXCLUDING THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM), ANY CHARITABLE ACTIVITY WHICH WILL HAVE THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID PERSONS.

Area of benefit: THE FORMER COUNTY OF WARWICK (AS AT MARCH 1974) EXCLUDING THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

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 total funds decreased by £37,116 to £401,542 due to a deficit caused by vital repair works at the Henry Fry Centre. The trustees report that actual unrestricted reserves of £401,542 are significantly above the stated minimum reserves policy target of £175,000. The charity had no employees and no staff costs in the year, relying entirely on volunteers.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jeanne Brown
• Julie Ann Blackley
• Lynne Barnes
• Sokut Ali
• Venroy Carter

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

Operates in: Coventry City · Solihull · Warwickshire

Income and spending

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