The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Deafway

Registered charity 1089918 Registered since 2001

Operates: Lancashire, Nepal, Uganda

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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.

8 trustees on the board

2.9y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8Education/training 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 1

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

Health and social care 8Arts and leisure 1Education 1

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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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£2.9m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

75 from 82 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.
98%
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.deafway.org.uk
Emailinfo@deafway.org.uk
Phone01772796461
AddressDeafway, Brockholes Brow, Preston, PR1 5BB

Finances

£2,872,578 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,513,703£2,310,790
2022£2,596,920£2,815,562
2023£2,345,212£2,372,997
2024£2,619,374£2,868,619
2025£2,872,578£3,156,434

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF OR WHO SUFFER FROM COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, FIRSTLY THOSE RESIDENT IN LANCASHIRE AND SECONDLY THOSE LIVING IN THE REST OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE, PARTICULARLY BY ASSISTING AND SUPPORTING THEIR EQUAL ACCESS TO AND PARTICIPATION IN, ALL ASPECTS OF SOCIETY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28TH JUNE 2001

Trustees (8)

8trustees
63median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Deafway · 04243198 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 28/06/2001

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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