Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

DEAFAX 

Empowering deaf people of all ages to lead fulfilling lives through the use of innovative technologies
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£54£9£45n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£2£4£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21*£0£5£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£23£8£15n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19£17£21£-4n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£10£5£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£109£126£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£62£135£-74£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£132£111£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£84£130£-46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£153£215£-62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£219£268£-49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£227£215£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£186£184£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£261£289£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£382£447£-65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£474£439£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£630£504£126£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£535£592£-57£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£626£598£28£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

www.deafax.org

info@deafax.org

01491576281

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Deafax
£46,500 28/01/2015
24
£46,500 over two years (£23,500; £23,000) towards the cost of Life Control project for deaf young people living in London.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sex Safety First - empowering young deaf people to make informed, safe
£98,385 03/11/2014
24
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Step to the Future' - developing potential in deaf people
£309,365 11/02/2010
36
'Step to the Future' is a three year project, meeting the existing gap in provision, by working with deaf people across England enabling them to gain the key skills and knowledge to gain meaningful ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/01/2003, number: 1095398
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/11/2002, number: 04586634
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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; AR21: 51 days late,
Main office

167-169 Great Portland street
5th Floor
London
W1W 5PF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE (AND IN PARTICULAR OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE) WHO ARE DEAF, HEARING IMPAIRED, SPEECH IMPAIRED OR SIGHT IMPAIRED PRINCIPALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING COMMUNICATION ABILITIES THROUGH THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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