Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 4

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -3
Multiple Deficits: -2

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

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 11

DDEAFLINKS - STAFFORDSHIRE

Services offered to help the Charity meet its objects of promoting better treatment, education, training, employment and welfare of deaf people and generally to promote, safeguard and protect the interests and welfare of deaf people, to include;InformationAdviceCommunication SupportDeaf Awareness TrainingBritish Sign Language trainingSocial groupsDeaf Church group

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
This charity has a robust balance sheet
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £543,221 available, equivalent to 32 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£508	£204	£304	£0	£560	£543	32	4	11
31/03/22		£143	£192	£-49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£184	£188	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£167	£227	£-60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£268	£257	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	*	£200	£283	£-83	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£155	£258	£-103	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£177	£286	£-110	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£203	£312	£-110	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£253	£364	£-111	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£240	£326	£-86	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£168	£315	£-147	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£207	£319	£-112	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£332	£292	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£374	£213	£161	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£169	£193	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07		£174	£159	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	*	£163	£161	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£156	£154	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£157	£143	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 32 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 33 months
Quick Ratio: 41.3

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 27 years

www.deaflinksstaffordshire.com

admin@deaflinks.co.uk

07791459307

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation
Religious Activities
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who supports 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
Sport England - SIGN up to Sport
£10,100	07/12/2023 11	This project will create separate hour long weekly activity sessions for a group of deaf children and young people and session specifically for deaf adults, over 18s. These sessions will be delivered ....more This project will create separate hour long weekly activity sessions for a group of deaf children and young people and session specifically for deaf adults, over 18s. These sessions will be delivered by two qualified coaches, one of whom has a hearing impairment and will communicate to the group through sign language.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£80,638	02/09/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-84

CARMEN CLARKE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Self Employed

KELLY SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Project Officer

KERRY JONES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

MALCOLM JOHNSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

MARGARET THELMA BAILEY-BARKER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

MARK VEALE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Taxi Driver

PETER GILFORD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

SANDRA MILLER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

STEPHANIE BREWSTER (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Lecturer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/1997, number: 1063573
Registered at Companies House on 16/05/1997, number: 03372231

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
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; AR18: 41 days late, AR06: 14 days late, AR05: 2 days late, AR04: 80 days late,

Main office

The Bridge Centre
Birches Head Road
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST2 8DD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PREVENTION AND MITIGATION OF DEAFNESS AND BETTER TREATMENT, EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND WELFARE OF DEAF PEOPLE (WHICH EXPRESSION IN THIS MEMORANDUM INCLUDES THE FULL RANGE OF DEAF PEOPLE WHOSE HEARING IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE GENERAL POPULATION) AND GENERALLY TO PROMOTE, SAFEGUARD AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF DEAF PEOPLE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED