Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 2

WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE

Deaf & Hard of hearing support e.g. letter translation, making telephone calls, booking interpreters etc. provision of equipment to improve well-being, reduce risk and independence. Social & sports activities for deaf people. Older peoples & plus 50 group Thursdays.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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 £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£104	£147	£-43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£111	£105	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£123	£85	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£104	£105	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£90	£92	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£91	£102	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£92	£97	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£93	£97	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£91	£99	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£128	£98	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£97	£97	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£100	£107	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£112	£112	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£99	£117	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£94	£97	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£93	£89	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07		£91	£85	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£92	£93	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£94	£87	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£95	£84	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 61 years

www.wakefielddeaf.org.uk

enquiries@wakefielddeaf.org.uk

01924 375958

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Blind people

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

City Of Wakefield,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

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
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Wakefield & District Society for Deaf People
£2,000	15/03/2023	Capital costs for Disability Support & Activities
Nova Wakefield - Grant to Wakefield & District Society for Deaf People
£50,000	29/07/2022	Grant for organisational development linked to supporting people with their mental health
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	16/04/2019	Supporting Deaf People in Wakefield
National Lottery Community Fund - Support worker, deaf & deaf-blind people
£10,000	03/08/2018 12	The funding will be used to employ an apprentice support worker, who will be trained to assist young people with a hearing impairment and those who are deaf and blind, with the problems they face with day to day living.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Wakefield & District Society for Deaf People
£2,704	04/08/2017	We help deaf people improve their chances of employment and want to offer them courses in job search, application and interview skills.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Gender Split

DUNCAN WOOD

DELMA SARA MULHERN Appointed: 2017

JOHN ANDREW PEARSON Appointed: 2018

MICHEAL MADDEN

MR EDDIE MULHERN

RICHARD JONES (Chair) Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/09/1963, number: 224944

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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

20 returns made; AR05: 15 days late,

Main office

7
South Parade
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 1LR

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE DEAF, DEAF BLIND, DEAFENED, DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE AND CO-OPERATE WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS HAVING SAME OR SIMILAR OBJECTS AND AIMS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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