Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 16

DEAF-INITELY WOMEN

Deaf-initely Women is an organisation that is governed and managed by deaf women, delivering services/activities for their peers. We aim to build their financial and emotional resilience.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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
31/01/24	£478	£424	£54	n/a
31/01/23	£338	£320	£18	n/a
31/01/22	£347	£289	£58	n/a
31/01/21	£256	£133	£123	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.deafinitelywomen.org.uk

info@deafinitelywomen.org.uk

01773828233

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Outpatient support services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Lloyds Bank Foundation	£75,000
Rosa UK	£43,068
Sport England	£14,986
Garfield Weston Foundation	£11,500
The MSE Charity	£7,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Deaf-initely Women
£75,000	06/12/2023 36	Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of Deaf-initely Women
Sport England - Walking Wild in Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire
£14,986	31/10/2023 11	This project will bring together deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing women to take up physical activity in the countryside. There will be 8 rambling/walking sessions, 2 yoga and 2 open water swimming. The project will also train 6 deaf women as walk ....more This project will bring together deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing women to take up physical activity in the countryside. There will be 8 rambling/walking sessions, 2 yoga and 2 open water swimming. The project will also train 6 deaf women as walk leaders.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	29/09/2023	Weston Charity Award Winner 2022-2023 Bonus
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500	10/06/2022	WCA Winner 2022-2023
The MSE Charity - Grant to Deaf-initely Women
£7,500	15/04/2022	Enabling deaf women to manage their money better, by funding accessible training and workshops for 40 deaf women with full communication support.
Rosa UK - WTF-DEFWOM-2021
£43,068	12/07/2021	‘Deaf Women Thrive’ project will enable deaf women to become socially included and connected.
Sport England - Deaf Women Can Do Sport Too
£8,581	17/10/2019 35	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Deaf Women Can Do Sport Too. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Comic Relief - Deaf Women's Digi-Hub
£50,000	04/09/2019 12	Deaf Women are particularly vulnerable to abuse, with many deaf women believing it is normal. Deaf-initely Women will develop a “digi-hub” to educate deaf women and make them safer. Peer-designed resources and role play films will be presented ....more Deaf Women are particularly vulnerable to abuse, with many deaf women believing it is normal. Deaf-initely Women will develop a “digi-hub” to educate deaf women and make them safer. Peer-designed resources and role play films will be presented in a safe online environment, reach this community, and filling the gap in accessible services. 7,500 women in the Derbyshire area will benefit from better self-awareness of abuse, the culture of abuse will be addressed, and deaf women will be safer. Partnerships with local and national agencies offer potential to extend this digi-hub beyond the midlands community.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

ANGELA GUILFOYLE Appointed: 2023

CORVETTE SILO Appointed: 2020

JANICE SILO (Chair) Appointed: 2022

LAURA ALEXANDRA DRIVER Appointed: 2024

LISA WARNOCK Appointed: 2024

NIKI JOHNSON Appointed: 2023

SAMANTHA KILLIAN Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/09/2019, number: 1185431

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
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

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

Room 25
Strutts Community Centre
Derby Road
Derby Road
Belper
Derbyshi

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DEAF WOMEN PARTICULARLY IN DERBYSHIRE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT.

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