Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 9

Fundraising costs low: +3

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 13

HI KENT

Hi Kent aims to raise awareness of the needs of deaf people and provide practical support to manage hearing loss throughout Kent. Activities include: Assessments of need for people over the age of 26 on behalf of Kent County Council. Provision of assistive equipment and advice. Advice, Hearing aid maintenance, Sign language & Deaf Awareness training, Support groups and Lipreading courses.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£580	£622	£-42	£10	£197	£191	3.7	21	146
31/03/22	£575	£603	£-27	£7	£239	£231	4.6	22	140
31/03/21	£662	£563	£98	£5	£266	£243	5.2	19	140
31/03/20	£642	£667	£-25	£26	£168	£139	2.5	19	145
31/03/19	£605	£671	£-66	£30	£193	£190	3.4	22	145
31/03/18	£638	£641	£-4	£19	£259	£255	4.8	21	0
31/03/17	£611	£619	£-8	£33	£262	£257	5	15	0
31/03/16	£640	£634	£6	£29	£270	£264	5	15	0
31/03/15	£682	£683	£-1	£26	£264	£256	4.5	15	0
31/03/14	£687	£685	£2	£24	£265	£260	4.6	15	0
31/03/13	£675	£672	£2	£18	£263	£258	4.6	16	0
31/03/12	£734	£741	£-7	£15	£261	£255	4.1	18	0
31/03/11	£714	£721	£-7	£14	£268	£262	4.4	18	0
31/03/10	£734	£746	£-13	£13	£274	£268	4.3	19	0
31/03/09	£739	£734	£5	£15	£287	£278	4.5	20	0
31/03/08	£732	£721	£11	£9	£282	£274	4.6	18	0
31/03/07	£665	£605	£60	£30	£272	£269	5.3	17	0
31/03/06	£598	£591	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£555	£540	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£504	£493	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 28 years

www.hikent.org.uk

enquiries@hikent.org.uk

01622691151

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent, Medway,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

21 employees
146 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£35,000
Department for Work and Pensions	£22,277
Henry Smith Charity	£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£7,373

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hi Kent
£10,000	14/06/2023	towards one year's running costs of 'Lipreading Classes' for people living with hearing loss in Kent.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	29/07/2022	Hi Kent free charitable activities to support deaf and hard of hearing people in Kent
Department for Work and Pensions - LEGAL ASSOCIATE 9
£22,277	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Hi Kent
£4,100	24/11/2020	purchase IT equipment for a charity supporting older people with hearing loss in Kent
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£15,000	02/09/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£20,000	05/08/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hi Kent
£7,373	15/11/2019	We want funds for our two Maidstone Lipreading Classes to continue combating the social isolation of a hearing loss.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£3,000	20/06/2018	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hi Kent
£90,000	05/12/2012 36	towards three years' running costs of Hearing Aid Maintenance Clinics in Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Lipreading Support Groups in Kent
£159,275	07/12/2010 60	This project provides free lip reading classes to people living in Kent. Most of the beneficiaries will be over 65 years old but the classes are open to all ages. To help the beneficiaries learn to ....more This project provides free lip reading classes to people living in Kent. Most of the beneficiaries will be over 65 years old but the classes are open to all ages. To help the beneficiaries learn to lip read, a variety of teaching methods are used such as quizzes, discussions of topical news items and participative practice in pairs or small groups. The project will work with people who are deaf or have hearing problems and live in the Kent area.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 60-76

JAMES SIDNEY RANSOM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Senior Manager (Nhs/Royal Mail)

CAROLINE ELIZABETH HIGHWOOD Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired

CLIVE REDDIHOUGH (Chair) Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Pr Consultant

MARY SHAW Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor

PAT TODD Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: JESUS HOSPITAL, SHUMEI EIKO LIMITED, ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL CANTERBURY,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/01/1996, number: 1052036
Registered at Companies House on 30/11/1995, number: 03132542

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

HI KENT
18 BREWER STREET
MAIDSTONE
ME14 1RU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF HEARING-IMPAIRED PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE KENT AND SURROUNDING AREA

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