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Registered charity · London

Deafblind UK

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £3.6m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland
Website
www.deafblind.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Deafblind U.K.
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.6m£3.6m
  • 2024£3.5m£2.9m
  • 2023£2.9m£2.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.7m£2.5m
  • 2021£3.4m£2.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 24% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

I) TO FURTHER THE INTERESTS OF DEAF-BLIND PERSONS BY EVERY MEANS AND IN EVERY WAY OPEN TO IT. DEAF-BLIND TO INCLUDE THOSE SUBSTANTIALLY DEPRIVED OF SIGHT AND HEARING. II) TO HELP THE DEAF-BLIND TO LIVE AS USEFUL MEMBERS OF ANY COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY MAY FIND THEMSELVES AND WHENEVER AND WHEREVER POSSIBLE TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT CONTACT AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE DEAF-BLIND AND SIGHTED HEARING PERSONS. III) TO BUILD OR PURCHASE AND MAINTAIN FLATS, GUESTHOUSES SHELTERED AND OTHER ACCOMMODATION FOR THE BENEFIT AND USE OF DEAF-BLIND PEOPLE. IV) TO ENCOURAGE THE SIGHTED HEARING PUBLIC AT LARGE TO BE AWARE OF THE NEEDS AND CAPABILITIES OF THE DEAF-BLIND. V) TO PROVIDE AND ENCOURAGE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE HELP, COMFORT AND INSTRUCTION OF THE DEAF-BLIND INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL OFFICES DIVISIONS AND CLUBS FOR THE DEAF-BLIND.

Grants received

56 grants · £5,934,862 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,244,240 (23 grants)
  • City Bridge Trust · £266,292 (3 grants)
  • Fight for Sight · £77,424 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £49,387
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £49,000

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.

7 trustees on the board

5.3y median 7y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5Disability 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 8Hospitality 6Retail and trade 4

Gaps to watch

  • 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£3.6m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

5.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 22.0 in 2021

109 from 109 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.
25%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
802976
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26TH SEPTEMBER 1989
Companies House
Company number 02426281 · Active
Contact on the register
01733358100 · info@deafblind.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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