Royal School for the Deaf Derby

Registered charity 1062507 Registered since 1997

Operates: Derby City

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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.

5 trustees on the board

Douglas Edward Bulger Chair since 2018
Craig Crowley since 2018
David DU Celliee Muller
James Alexander Bruce Ottewell since 2016
Mark Ian Tomalin since 2022

7.5y median 8y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Douglas Edward Bulger Chair since 2018
Craig Crowley since 2018
James Alexander Bruce Ottewell since 2016

11.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Douglas Edward Bulger Chair since 2018
Craig Crowley since 2018
David DU Celliee Muller
James Alexander Bruce Ottewell since 2016
Mark Ian Tomalin since 2022

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 5Education/training 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 6Health and social care 4Professional services 3

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£5.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

19.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.1 in 2021

102 from 112 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

95%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

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Independent Options (North West) Similar size; both Disability
Kent Association for the Blind Similar size; both Disability
Vision Enhancement Services Similar size; both Disability
Cartref NI Limited Similar size; both Disability
Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	https://www.rsdd.org.uk/
Email	helen.radford@rsdd.org.uk
Phone	01332362512
Address	Royal School for the Deaf, 180 Ashbourne Road, Derby, DE22 3BH

Finances

£5,625,479 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£4,958,242	£4,477,923
2022	£11,496,853	£4,654,121
2023	£5,039,275	£5,202,609
2024	£5,016,394	£4,871,483
2025	£5,625,479	£5,501,102

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisability

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THE DEAF AND SPEECH-IMPAIRED ("THE BENEFICIARIES"). 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION) OF THE BENEFICIARIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 MAY 1997 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15 JULY 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26 JANUARY 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27 MAR 2017

Trustees (5)

5trustees

62median age

1aged 70+

Douglas Edward Bulgerage band 70-74 Chair since 2018
Craig Crowleyage band 60-64 since 2018
David DU Celliee Muller
James Alexander Bruce Ottewellage band 60-64 since 2016
Mark Ian Tomalinage band 55-59 since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

Royal School for the Deaf Derby · 03367515 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/05/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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