Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 2

Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 14

DEAFWAY

All of our work, in the UK, on the Isle of Man, in Nepal and in Uganda, aims to give D/deaf people equal access to every part of life. We do this through Residential Support and Rehabilitation; Education and Training; Deaf/Sign Language Arts; Deaf Culture Projects; Deaf Heritage Projects; and the provision of Deaf Spaces. At the centre of of all that we do is Deaf Culture and sign language.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£2,345	£2,373	£-28	£25	£2,185	£1,854	9.4	59	0
31/03/22		£2,597	£2,816	£-219	£55	£2,207	£1,873	8	80	8
31/03/21		£2,514	£2,311	£203	£83	£2,383	£2,094	10.9	82	0
31/03/20		£2,380	£2,447	£-67	£60	£2,083	£1,872	9.2	82	1
31/03/19		£2,366	£2,166	£200	£35	£2,236	£1,887	10.5	72	1
31/03/18		£2,228	£2,110	£117	£29	£2,024	£1,665	9.5	63	0
31/03/17		£2,077	£2,089	£-12	£22	£1,910	£1,541	8.9	70	0
31/03/16	*	£1,983	£1,990	£-7	£25	£1,877	£1,509	9.1	72	0
31/03/15		£2,084	£2,072	£12	£77	£1,891	£231	1.3	50	0
31/03/14		£1,993	£2,040	£-47	£80	£1,876	£227	1.3	51	0
31/03/13		£1,916	£1,902	£14	£85	£1,913	£741	4.7	49	0
31/03/12		£1,458	£1,556	£-98	£87	£1,884	£223	1.7	55	0
31/03/11		£2,396	£1,798	£598	£89	£1,981	£1,531	10.2	52	0
31/03/10		£1,756	£1,678	£78	£88	£2,127	£1,599	11.4	49	0
31/03/09		£1,708	£1,678	£30	£188	£2,028	£405	2.9	49	0
31/03/08		£1,892	£1,840	£52	£107	£2,026	£378	2.5	56	0
31/03/07		£1,904	£1,847	£57	£77	£1,974	£1,291	8.4	57	0
31/03/06		£2,008	£2,066	£-58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£1,936	£1,915	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£1,882	£1,755	£127	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 9.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 23 years

www.deafway.org.uk

info@deafway.org.uk

01772796461

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Lancashire, Nepal, Uganda,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Art Room Cafe and Garden
£10,000	30/09/2021	The funding will be used to provide a café and sensory garden in a residential home for deaf people with additional needs. The project aims to improve wellbeing through better facilities which will ....more The funding will be used to provide a café and sensory garden in a residential home for deaf people with additional needs. The project aims to improve wellbeing through better facilities which will encourage new activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Keeping Vulnerable Deaf Adults Connected
£8,989	30/04/2020 12	The organisation will purchase interactive table range touchscreen tablets to enable their profoundly deaf residents to keep in touch with their families and loved ones during isolation with the aim ....more The organisation will purchase interactive table range touchscreen tablets to enable their profoundly deaf residents to keep in touch with their families and loved ones during isolation with the aim of addressing increased feelings of loneliness and isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sensory Music Project
£8,185	23/03/2020 8	The group would like to create a music studio for the service users of the organisation's residential centre. The project aims to offer music sensory as an activity that increases confidence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Drop In Communication Support Sessions
£9,542	13/12/2018 12	The aim of the project is to provide communication support sessions with a qualified British Sign Language Interpreter to support deaf people with understanding contractual implications and ....more The aim of the project is to provide communication support sessions with a qualified British Sign Language Interpreter to support deaf people with understanding contractual implications and administrating their own internal domestic affairs. Funding will go towards interpreter costs, interpreter travel & admin expenses, stationery & printing, telephone costs and contribution to Deafway @12.5%.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Deafway
£54,500	30/03/2015	Signed Voices

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-73

BRIAN DONELLY (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Project Manager

CAROL CUMING Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

DR LYNNE BARNES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Principal Lecturer

JOHN JAMES WARD OBE Appointed: 2011

LESLEY DAVIDSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

PAUL SCOTT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Learning/Development Trainer

PHILIPPA WYNNE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: International Publications/Communications Manager

VALERIE HALL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/12/2001, number: 1089918
Registered at Companies House on 28/06/2001, number: 04243198

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late,

Main office

Deafway
Brockholes Brow
Preston
PR1 5BB

Objectives

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF OR WHO SUFFER FROM COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, FIRSTLY THOSE RESIDENT IN LANCASHIRE AND SECONDLY THOSE LIVING IN THE REST OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE, PARTICULARLY BY ASSISTING AND SUPPORTING THEIR EQUAL ACCESS TO AND PARTICIPATION IN, ALL ASPECTS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LANCASHIRE, THE REST OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE