Deaf Choices UK Limited
Registered charity 279523 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CUED SPEECH ASSOCIATION UK, CUED SPEECH UK, CUED SPEECH UK LIMITED, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CUED SPEECH
Deaf Choices UK aspires to give deaf children improved access to: LANGUAGE by empowering their families to make fully informed choices. LITERACY, by supporting their educators to access information, training and resources. We provide knowledge information and training around the unique benefits, concepts and skills of using Cued Speech. Our offer supports deaf children and those with SEND.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity closed the financial year with a surplus of £2,261, increasing total funds to £141,480. The trustees report that while current reserves meet the policy target of six months' expenditure, future operations are dependent on securing crucial funds for core operations to avoid reducing capacity. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no trading subsidiaries.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months of total costs to operate at the current level (held: £123k)
“The policy is to hold a designated reserve of £30,000 for any unforeseen circumstances. The combined funds are held to cover six months of total costs to operate at the current level if grant income falls significantly, whilst looking for alternative funding.” — page 47
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- ELUMBA-HILL, Sarah Celine — director, appointed 27/10/2018on trustee list
- BOWMAN, Peter Gordon — director, appointed 13/02/2018on trustee list
- HARDY, Christine — director, appointed 03/10/2015on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (23/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (12/06/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (17/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Christine Hardychair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Kristopher Thomas Lovell
- Ellen Munday
- KENNETH GEORGE ORPIN
- Peter Gordon Bowman
- Sarah Celine Elumba-Hill
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 Deaf Choices UK Limited financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the financial year with a surplus of £2,261, increasing total funds to £141,480. The trustees report that while current reserves meet the policy target of six months' expenditure, future operations are dependent on securing crucial funds for core operations to avoid reducing capacity. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Deaf Choices UK Limited?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Deaf Choices UK Limited as a grant recipient include THE AIM FOUNDATION, THE CLARE MILNE TRUST, THE INMAN CHARITY, THE DOROTHY WHITNEY ELMHIRST TRUST, THE TOY TRUST.
Known funders
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