Registered charity · Henley-on-Thames
Deaf Sports First
- 3 trustees
- Income £152k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- deafsportsfirst.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Deaf Sports First LTD.
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£152k£145k
- 2024£3k£2k
- 2023£60k£58k
Earlier years
- 2022£200£416
- 2021£0£193
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVING THE DISABILITY OF THOSE WHO ARE DEAF OR WHO HAVE AN ASSOCIATED DISABILITIES (DEAF / BLIND, DEAF / DYSLEXIC, DEAF / SPEECH IMPAIRED ETC.) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS EITHER DIRECTLY TO THE BENEFICIARIES OR TO ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO HELP THEM PARTICIPATE IN FOOTBALL / SPORT AND SUCH OTHER SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE.
Grants received
1 grant · £2,500 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
- Sport England · £2,500
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Henry Skinner Chair since 2023
- KEN Carter since 2014
- Sharon Saartje Hirshman since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- KEN Carter since 2014
- Sharon Saartje Hirshman since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Henry Skinner Chair since 2023
- Sharon Saartje Hirshman since 2014
Portfolio (1)
- KEN Carter since 2014
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1175408
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 AUG 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09 OCT 2017 as amended on 08 Jan 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 09164509 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01491576281 · henry.skinner@deafsportsfirst.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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