Registered charity · London
The National Deaf Children's Society
- 11 trustees
- Income £34m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dominic James HoltonChair · since 2017
- Altaf Amirali Sadrudin Ali KassamTrustee · since 2020
- Damian Ross ProctorTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Luke Tristan KellyTrustee · since 2022
- Emily BeardshallTrustee · since 2024
- Felicity PreacherTrustee · since 2022
- Katharine StocksTrustee · since 2023
- Lesley LindbergTrustee · since 2022
- Lorraine Michelle WaplingTrustee · since 2018
- Michael EllisTrustee · since 2025
- Thomas AstburyTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Colombia and more
- Website
- www.ndcs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The National Deaf Children's Society
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£34m£30m
- 2024£33m£31m
- 2023£31m£34m
Earlier years
- 2022£26m£28m
- 2021£25m£17m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DEAF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
Grants received
32 grants · £6,234,919 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,791,469 (24 grants)
- Sport England · £213,111 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £173,389
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000
- Northern Rock Foundation · £13,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- Dominic James Holton Chair since 2017
- Altaf Amirali Sadrudin Ali Kassam since 2020
- Damian Ross Proctor since 2019
- Dr Luke Tristan Kelly since 2022
- Emily Beardshall since 2024
- Felicity Preacher since 2022
- Katharine Stocks since 2023
- Lesley Lindberg since 2022
- Lorraine Michelle Wapling since 2018
- Michael Ellis since 2025
- Thomas Astbury since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dominic James Holton Chair since 2017
- Altaf Amirali Sadrudin Ali Kassam since 2020
- Damian Ross Proctor since 2019
- Lorraine Michelle Wapling since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Altaf Amirali Sadrudin Ali Kassam since 2020
- Damian Ross Proctor since 2019
- Emily Beardshall since 2024
- Felicity Preacher since 2022
- Katharine Stocks since 2023
- Lesley Lindberg since 2022
- Lorraine Michelle Wapling since 2018
- Michael Ellis since 2025
- Thomas Astbury since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Dominic James Holton Chair since 2017
- Dr Luke Tristan Kelly since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
7.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 11.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1016532
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 OCT 1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 DEC 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 NOV 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 JUN 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 DEC 2017 as amended on 05 Dec 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 02752456 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02070141159 · ndcs@ndcs.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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