Ddeaflinks - Staffordshire

Registered charity 1063573 Registered since 1997

Operates: Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent 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

Stephanie Brewster Chair since 2020
Adele Macdonald since 2025
Kelly Smith since 2023
Mark Veale since 2016
Peter Gilford since 2021

5y median 5y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Mark Veale since 2016

5.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Stephanie Brewster Chair since 2020
Adele Macdonald since 2025
Kelly Smith since 2023
Mark Veale since 2016
Peter Gilford since 2021

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 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Business services 5

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£238k latest income

65%

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

Maya Productions LTD Similar size; both Human rights
Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara ( Ggsg ) Similar size; both Human rights
Warrington Islamic Association Similar size; both Human rights
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bushey Similar size; both Human rights
Cumbria Development Education Centre Similar size; both Human rights
The Redeemed Christian Church of GOD House of Prayer for ALL Nations Similar size; both Human rights

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.deaflinksstaffordshire.com
Email	admin@deaflinks.co.uk
Phone	07791459307
Address	The Bridge Centre, Birches Head Road, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST2 8DD

Finances

£238,030 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£183,755	£188,206
2022	£143,149	£192,244
2023	£507,627	£203,897
2024	£178,000	£207,871
2025	£238,030	£233,536

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityReligious ActivitiesAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityRecreation

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PREVENTION AND MITIGATION OF DEAFNESS AND BETTER TREATMENT, EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND WELFARE OF DEAF PEOPLE (WHICH EXPRESSION IN THIS MEMORANDUM INCLUDES THE FULL RANGE OF DEAF PEOPLE WHOSE HEARING IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE GENERAL POPULATION) AND GENERALLY TO PROMOTE, SAFEGUARD AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF DEAF PEOPLE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/05/1997AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10/04/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/04/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/04/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10/01/2012

Trustees (5)

5trustees

64median age

2aged 70+

Stephanie Brewsterage band 55-59 Chair since 2020
Adele Macdonaldage band 60-64 since 2025
Kelly Smithage band 40-44 since 2023
Mark Vealeage band 70-74 since 2016
Peter Gilfordage band 70-74 since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

Ddeaflinks - Staffordshire · 03372231 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/05/1997

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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