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Registered charity · Birmingham

Deaf World

Deaf World is a registered charity (number 1127458) based in Birmingham, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Ziauddin Ahmed Kazi since 2018. Latest income £223k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £223k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport
Where
Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell and more
Website
www.deaf-world.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£223k£143k
  • 2024£86k£86k
  • 2023£58k£57k
Earlier years
  • 2022£57k£67k
  • 2021£74k£36k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 11 AND 25 BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OFADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; ADVANCING EDUCATIONRELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Grants received

14 grants · £577,616 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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.

4 trustees on the board

5.7y median 8y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4Education/training 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 3General Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£223k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1127458
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1 SEPTEMBER 2008
Contact on the register
0121 454 4414 · INFO@DEAF-WORLD.ORG
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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