Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

DEAFLINK NORTH EAST 

Deaflink NE works to improve access to education, health, employment, leisure, equipment and social opportunities for deaf, deafblind, deafened and hard of hearing people who live and work in the North East, through *awareness training *providing information to the community *Providing support and network through our groups
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 12 years

www.deaflink.org.uk

admin@deaflink.org.uk

01912818421

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£105£103£2n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/22£94£91£4n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£101£86£14n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/20£92£85£7n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/19£73£85£-12n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/18£97£97£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£78£67£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£84£81£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£86£87£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£87£76£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£118£67£52£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
Who works here?
  • 5 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside,

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
National Lottery Community Fund - D/deaf rights
£178,917 21/03/2019
36
This funding is for a project providing information and advice to members of the Deaf community who use British Sign Language (BSL). Depending on the individual's needs, one-to-one support, in BSL, ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Hard of Hearing Development Project
£9,500 07/11/2017
Hard of Hearing Development Project
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Deaflink North East
£9,500 07/11/2017
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing a range of accessible activities for older people with hearing loss in Newcastle
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Communication
£9,714 15/02/2017
12
The project will upgrade and overhaul their IT systems including their website, new computers, server, phone equipment and client record management system. This will improve the organisation's ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-68
  • RACHEL ROSS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Student Assessment & Support Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/05/2012, number: 1147237
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/03/2012, number: 07982375
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

1 Church View House
St Nicholas Hospital
Jubilee Road
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE3 3XT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE DEAF, DEAFBLIND, HARD OF HEARING AND DEAFENED PEOPLE BY ANY MEANS WHICH IS CHARITABLE IN LAW AND IN PARTICULAR BY:(A) IMPROVING ACCESS TO EDUCATION, HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, LEISURE AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEAF, DEAFBLIND, HARD OF HEARING AND DEAFENED PEOPLE;(B) PROMOTING THE FULL PARTICIPATION OF DEAF, DEAFBLIND, HARD OF HEARING AND DEAFENED PEOPLE IN SOCIETY;(C) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF DEAF, DEAFBLIND, HARD OF HEARING AND DEAFENED PEOPLE WITHIN THE HEARING COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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