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Breakthrough (Deaf-Hearing Integration)
Breakthrough (Deaf-Hearing Integration) is a registered charity (number 1073468) based in London, governed by 3 trustees. Latest income £753k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Deafplus (Charity Commission)
- 3 trustees
- Income £753k (2025)
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Rachel Vann.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.deafplus.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Breakthrough (Deaf-Hearing Integration)
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£753k£766k
- 2024£835k£833k
- 2023£817k£952k
Earlier years
- 2022£899k£926k
- 2021£1.1m£952k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 33% · Government grants 33%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RELIEF OF NEED AND THE PROMOTION OF THE MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF DEAF PERSONS AND OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS (WHERE THE PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES ARE LINKED TO OR PROVIDED AS PART OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO THOSE WHO ARE DEAF)) WITHIN GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND SECONDLY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. FOR THESE PURPOSES THE TERM 'DEAF' MEANS DEAF, PARTIALLY DEAF OR DEAFENED.
Grants received
22 grants · £2,444,394 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 · £1,097,461 (2 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £475,700 (3 grants)
- Hackney Council · £402,080 (4 grants)
- Trust for London · £116,303 (2 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £106,300 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Hackney Council
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
2 trustees on the board
- Alan Murray since 2018
- Geraldine O'Halloran since 2021
- Rachel Vann since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Murray since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Geraldine O'Halloran since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Alan Murray since 2018
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
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1073468
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 DECEMBER 1998 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 22 DECEMBER 1998 AND 24 JULY 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 03680467 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 7790 6147 · info@deafplus.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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