Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 6

Volatile income
spending growth: -1
No PartB

Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 4

DONCASTER AND DISTRICT DEAF SOCIETY

Doncaster Deaf Society serves and provides a centralised, safe base meeting point of social contact for wellbeing. Services cover BSL Advocacy, Advice & Information to the Doncaster Deaf Community Borough-wide and the provision of five BSL Groups who organise a range of activities & day/weekend trip from early years-elderly: OAP Club, Social Club, Happy Hands Playgroup, Leisure Club & Drama Group.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

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		£10	£11	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/22		£11	£10	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/03/21		£17	£23	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/20		£6	£6	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£7	£6	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£23	£10	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£30	£25	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£21	£10	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£4	£6	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£3	£5	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£3	£5	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£4	£8	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£7	£9	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£10	£27	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£40	£7	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£4	£4	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£12	£4	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£11	£28	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£40	£27	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£26	£23	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 48 years

doncasterdistrictdeafsociety.co.uk

doncasterdeafcommunity@gmail.com

07777649054

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
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
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Doncaster,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 volunteers

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 - Security Safeguarding Deaf Vulnerable Adults and Families
£1,366	11/11/2022	The funding will be used to install CCTV security lighting and alarm system at the deaf community centre. The project aims to provide a safe and secure space which will bring the deaf and hearing ....more The funding will be used to install CCTV security lighting and alarm system at the deaf community centre. The project aims to provide a safe and secure space which will bring the deaf and hearing community together through their range of activities and support groups.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,952	28/09/2020	"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 (5)

Gender Split

GEORGINA NOELENE COOK

MARK TOLSON

MS MARY JONES

PAULINE DUNN

SUSAN COBB Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/02/1976, number: 504774

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR15: 118 days late, AR13: 124 days late, AR11: 9 days late, AR09: 3 days late, AR07: 40 days late,

Main office

DONCASTER & DISTRICT DEAF SOCIETY
Deaf Community Centre
Milton Walk
St James Street
DONCASTER
DN1 3QG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF DEAF PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY THE LAW IN ENGLAND AND WALES TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN THE NEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OF DONCASTER.

Defined Area of Benefit:

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OF DONCASTER

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