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Registered charity · Leicester

Action Deafness

The relief of persons who are Deaf, deafened, deafblind or hard of hearing who are resident in England, Wales and Scotland by improving the quality of life and relieving the needs of persons with all degrees of deafness, hearing loss or hearing...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £3.1m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.actiondeafness.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Action Deafness
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.1m£3.2m
  • 2024£3.8m£2.7m
  • 2023£3.3m£3.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.3m£3.3m
  • 2021£4.5m£4.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 51% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The relief of persons who are Deaf, deafened, deafblind or hard of hearing who are resident in England, Wales and Scotland by improving the quality of life and relieving the needs of persons with all degrees of deafness, hearing loss or hearing related issues by providing items, support, activities or facilities in the interests of social welfare, designed to improve their condition of life.

Grants received

2 grants · £115,000 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £95,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £20,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-11-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £95,0002020-10-05
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.

9 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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 9Other Charitable Purposes 8Education/training 7Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Recreation 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Professional services 8Health and social care 3Arts and leisure 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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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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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: 3.9 months

98 from 73 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1163758
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/09/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/09/2015 as amended on 23 Oct 2019 as amended on 08 Jan 2021 as amended on 30 May 2026
Companies House
Company number 06706042 · Active
Contact on the register
01162533200 · enquiries@actiondeafness.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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