Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DEAF SOCIETY 

We provide and offer services for the empowerment of profoundly Deaf British Sign Language users these include: -British Sign Language Interpreting Services Lip Speaking ServiceOlder Persons SchemeCommunity Centre Welfare Rights SupportBritish Sign Language classesDeaf Awareness TrainingLip Reading Classes
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £122,000
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 30 years

www.nottsdeaf.org.uk

nds@nottsdeaf.org.uk

01159700516

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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£756£867£-111£0£829£81911.32620
31/03/22£693£741£-47£0£-457£-468-7.62320
31/03/21£734£704£31£0£-587£-589-102220
31/03/20£675£808£-133£0£-475£-478-7.12615
31/03/19£691£754£-63£0£-392£-402-6.42022
31/03/18£707£753£-46£0£-462£-466-7.4180
31/03/17£798£898£-100£0£-540£-561-7.5210
31/03/16*£728£780£-52£0£-268£-297-4.6280
31/03/15£642£651£-9£5£-304£-304-5.6160
31/03/14£601£661£-60£23£-83£-384-7170
31/03/13£619£604£14£22£3£-312-6.2170
31/03/12£582£594£-11£10£27£-304-6.2270
31/03/11£719£728£-8£9£533£1803270
31/03/10£696£655£41£12£537£1713.1230
31/03/09£657£662£-5£9£474£1051.9230
31/03/08£630£688£-57£9£517£1292.3230
31/03/07£711£817£-107£6£601£1832.7260
31/03/06£746£776£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£686£723£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£608£657£-49£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 11.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 26 employees
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Derby City, Derbyshire, Leicester City, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire,

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£30,030
National Lottery Community Fund£19,330
Garfield Weston Foundation£18,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - It starts from today!
£9,480 25/11/2022
The funding will be used to provide a support service for young men are living with addiction. The project aims to provide a safe space to come together to talk with counsellors and become involved a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Men's Wellbeing Support Group
£9,850 11/11/2022
The funding will be used to continue the delivery of a wellbeing group for Deaf and hard of hearing men. The project aims to provide peer support reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£2,000 23/10/2020
Weston Charity Award Bonus
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,030 15/09/2020
"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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 29/11/2019
Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 31/05/2019
WCA Winner 2019 - 2020 Cohort
National Lottery Community Fund - Deaf Community Development
£9,956 22/11/2018
12
This funding will be used to provide activities and events for people with hearing loss. The project aims to aid the development of social relationships.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Nottinghamshire Deaf Society
£60,000 21/10/2015
Hearing Deaf Voices
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-77
  • PHILLIP CLARKE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Lecturer (Retired)
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/09/1994, number: 1040801
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/11/1993, number: 02868934
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE NEWARK AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER on 02/03/2023
Main office

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DEAF SOCIETY
22 FOREST ROAD WEST
NOTTINGHAM
NG7 4EQ

Objectives

TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PERSONS DISABLED BY DEAFNESS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF NOTTINGHAM AND OTHER COUNTIES IN THE EAST MIDLANDS THROUGH ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RELIGION, AN DIN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

DISTRICT AND COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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