Deafinitions Limited

Registered charity 1144504 Registered since 2011

Operates: Throughout England

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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

Robin Herdman Chair since 2015
Adrian Peacock since 2016
Andrew Sutcliffe since 2022
David Rhodes since 2018
Zafar Zaman since 2021

7.6y median 8y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Robin Herdman Chair since 2015
Adrian Peacock since 2016
David Rhodes since 2018

10.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Robin Herdman Chair since 2015
Adrian Peacock since 2016
Andrew Sutcliffe since 2022
David Rhodes since 2018
Zafar Zaman 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.

Tech and media 5Other services 1

Gaps to watch

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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.

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incomespending£763k latest income

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.

0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2020

10 from 20 in 2020

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.

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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Gateway (Education & Childcare) Trust Limited Similar size; both Disability
Visyon Limited Similar size; both Disability
People Matter IW Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.deafinitions.org
Email	info@deafinitions.org
Phone	01709916104
Address	Deafinitions, Factory 4 @ Powerpark, Goldthorpe Industrial Estate, off Commercial Road, Goldthorpe, S63 9BL

Finances

£763,137 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£579,026	£588,474
2021	£352,713	£450,839
2022	£636,084	£576,041
2023	£542,938	£666,225
2024	£763,137	£652,868

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE DEAF PEOPLE (ESPECIALLY BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE USERS) AND TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:(A) IMPROVING DEAF PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO INFORMATION BY PRODUCING AND PROVIDING CUSTOM-MADE RESOURCES FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY;(B) EDUCATING AND ENABLING DEAF PEOPLE BY ENSURING RESOURCES, WORKSHOPS AND OPPORTUNITIES ALWAYS INCLUDE FLUENT BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE, VISUAL EXAMPLES, QUALITY GRAPHICS AND DETAILED GLOSSARY OF RELEVANT TERMS; AND(C) BY ADVOCATING WITH DEAF PEOPLE TO IMPROVE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG STATUTORY AND PRIVATE SERVICE PROVIDERS ABOUT DEAF PEOPLE'S ACCESS AND UNDERSTANDING NEEDS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/01/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/09/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/10/2011

Trustees (5)

5trustees

53median age

1aged 70+

Robin Herdmanage band 70-74 Chair since 2015
Adrian Peacockage band 50-54 since 2016
Andrew Sutcliffeage band 40-44 since 2022
David Rhodesage band 50-54 since 2018
Zafar Zamanage band 55-59 since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

Deafinitions Limited · 06464681 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 04/01/2008

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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