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TRUST FOR DEAF STUDIES

Registered charity 289302 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEAF STUDIES TRUST

Research into Deaf issues.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF DEAF PEOPLE AND THEIR LANGUAGE AND COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (A) RESEARCH INTO THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THIS DISABILITY AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH; (B) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF DEAF PEOPLE AND THE TRAINING OF THOSE CONCERNED WITH DEAF PEOPLE'S WELFARE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£55k
Latest spending
£20k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £35,151, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £4,000 (three months of unrestricted expenditure). The filing confirms the charity is in a good financial position with no pension liabilities and resources adequate to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities
“Charitable activities 3 - 55,200 55,200 41,266” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months unrestricted expenditure (held: £35k)
“The trustees believe the organisation's free reserves should be approximately three months unrestricted expenditure, which equates to £4,000.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Teaching, lecturing, consultancy and expenses
“H A Pender, Trustee Teaching, lecturing, consultancy and expenses”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£55k£20k
31/03/2024£41k£33k
31/03/2023£36k£17k
31/03/2022£18k£17k
31/03/2021£35k£36k

Common questions

Is TRUST FOR DEAF STUDIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £35,151, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £4,000 (three months of unrestricted expenditure). The filing confirms the charity is in a good financial position with no pension liabilities and resources adequate to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government30/10/2020£15kCoronavirus Community Support Fund