WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE

Charity number: 1201337
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Wakefield and District Society for Deaf People specialises in providing community support, engagement and equipment for service users who are deaf, deafened, deafblind and hard of hearing. We also provide other services such as sign language training and deaf awareness.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £192,245
Total expenditure: £150,655

Total income includes £76,181 from 1 government grant(s)

People

7 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Disability
  • Recreation
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • City Of Wakefield

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 December 2022: CIO registration
  • 13 January 2025: Funds received from 224944 WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • WAKEFIELD DEAF & HARD OF HEARING SUPPORT SERVICE (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Valerie Pratt Chair 13 March 2023
None on record
Claire Brambles Trustee 18 April 2025
None on record
Christopher Evans Trustee 04 December 2024
None on record
Ann Stokes Trustee 03 October 2023
None on record
Marie Vickers Trustee 03 October 2023
None on record
Michael Madden Trustee 14 November 2022
None on record
RICHARD JONES Trustee 26 September 2022
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £183.22k £192.25k
Total expenditure £122.02k £150.66k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A
Income from government grants £77.89k £76.18k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 02 December 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 02 December 2025 On time
Annual return 31 March 2024 09 December 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 09 December 2024 On time
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 Dec 2022

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG DEAF, DEAF BLIND AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING DEAF, DEAF BLIND OR HARD OF HEARING AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE INCLUDING BY BUT NOT LIMITED TO: RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING DEAF, DEAF BLIND AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION; PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, FORUMS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT; PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES; CO-OPERATING WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS HAVING THE SAME OR SIMILAR AIMS.

Contact information

Address:
7 South Parade Wakefield WF1 1LR
7 SOUTH PARADE
WAKEFIELD
WF1 1LR
Phone:
01924375958
Email:
enquiries@wakefielddeaf.org.uk
Website:

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