Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 1

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 2

TRAFFORD HARD OF HEARING GROUP

The advancement of public education in raising awareness of issues of hearing loss and providing lip reading classes and training to the wider public.The promotion of social inclusion among people who are socially excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of hearing loss by relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/04/24		£12	£8	£4	n/a
30/04/23	*	£3	£9	£-5	n/a
30/04/22		£2	£3	£-1	n/a
30/04/21		£1	£3	£-2	n/a
30/04/20		£9	£9	£0	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

https://www.traffordhardofhearing.group

07818017562

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Outpatient support services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Trafford,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Trafford Hard of Hearing Group
£1,582	21/10/2023	We aim to continue our friendly lipreading classes for local, hard of hearing adults. The classes help with communication and counter the depressing social isolation suffered by older deaf people.
Forever Manchester - Read my Lips - Trafford
£1,000	24/11/2022	Advertising and promotional costs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Read My Lips - Trafford Hard of Hearing Group
£1,669	23/10/2021	We would like to continue to provide lip-reading classes for local hearing-impaired people, who are mostly elderly, and combat the social isolation and depression prevalent with deaf older people.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Trafford Hard of Hearing Group
£3,522	15/11/2019	We want to maintain our lip reading classes for the hard of hearing, especially the elderly who are at risk of social exclusion.
National Lottery Community Fund - Read My Lips - Trafford
£4,000	05/07/2018 12	The organisation will deliver lip reading classes for hearing impaired people and their family members and carers, with the aim of developing skills and reducing social isolation.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREA STILES Appointed: 2024

DAVID OWEN ACIB Appointed: 2017

DOREEN HENDERSON BA (Chair) Appointed: 2018

DR GEORGE MAWER PHD FRCP Appointed: 2017

MARIANNE GERMAINE NEW Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/02/2018, number: 1177183

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR23: 41 days late,

Main office

65 HARBORO ROAD
SALE
M33 6GE

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RAISING AWARENESS OF ISSUES OF HEARING LOSS AND PROVIDING LIP READING CLASSES AND TRAINING TO THE WIDER PUBLIC.THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF HEARING LOSS BY RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY

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