DEAFBLIND UK
Registered charity 802976 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL DEAF-BLIND LEAGUE, NATIONAL DEAFBLIND LEAGUE
Deafblind UK has supported those with dual sensory loss since 1928, helping them overcome the unique set of challenges they face every single day. We offer complimentary membership, with all our services being delivered free of charge. We help to reduce loneliness and isolation, and promote social inclusion, thereby allowing people who are deafblind to live their lives with dignity and purpose.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £57,560 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 4% to £3,607,959. Per the trustees' report, free cash reserves stood at £1,502,035, representing 5.0 months of operating costs, which is within the stated policy target of three to six months. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months' operating costs (held: £1.5m)
“The policy for free reserves held by the charity is to have a minimum of three months’ with desire to hold no more than six months’ operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Deafblind UK Trading Limited
“At the year end the charity was owed £220,235 [2024: £205,945] by Deafblind UK Trading Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deafblind UK. During the year the charity recharged expenses of £14,290 [2024: £20,773] to Deafblind UK Trading Limited.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Deafblind UK Trading Limited, About Me Care and Support Limited
“These comprise Deafblind UK Trading Limited [Company No. 5082057] and About Me Care and Support Limited [Company No. 7945990]”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Deafblind UK (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Robert Nolan — Chair (source)
- Nikki Morris — CEO (source)
- Rod Cullen — Director (source)
- Alisdair Caulfield — Director (source)
- Simone Jackman — Director (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.
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.
- OGDEN, William Philip — director, appointed 01/07/2026on trustee list
- CHILDS, David — director, appointed 10/12/2025on trustee list
- BEUKES, Eldre, Dr — director, appointed 23/06/2021on trustee list
- CRITOPH, Stephen Mark Antony — director, appointed 27/03/2019on trustee list
- WILSON-HINDS, Roger — director, appointed 12/12/2018on trustee list
- FOY, George — director, appointed 12/12/2018on trustee list
- NOLAN, Robert Jan Michiel — director, appointed 17/01/2018on trustee list
- CULLEN, Rodney — secretary, appointed 16/02/2016
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
CQC provider record: Deafblind U.K. — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 02/02/2012.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
CQC provider record: Deafblind UK — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 25/05/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£327k
Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (30/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DEAFBLIND UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £57,560 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 4% to £3,607,959. Per the trustees' report, free cash reserves stood at £1,502,035, representing 5.0 months of operating costs, which is within the stated policy target of three to six months. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.
Who funds DEAFBLIND UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DEAFBLIND UK as a grant recipient include HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIO, THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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