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Action Deafness

Translation and interpretation activities

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 28

  1. Victoria Finn 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Jackie Driver 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Tanvir Ahmed 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Audrey Whyte 2020-2022 Director View profile
  5. Andrew Freeman 2020-2021 Director View profile
  6. Penelope Anne Lenon 2019-2024 Director View profile
  7. Barry Keith Ross 2019-2021 Director View profile
  8. Lucy Kathryn Warnes 2018-2025 Director View profile
  9. Helen Foulkes 2017-2021 Director View profile
  10. Emma Sarah Allen 2017-2023 Director View profile
  11. Andy Palmer 2014-2018 Director View profile
  12. Bernie Gregory 2014-2016 Director View profile
  13. Karen Read 2013-2019 Director View profile
  14. Mary Rose Brooks 2013-2014 Director View profile
  15. Benjamin John Alexander Stephens 2013-2023 Director View profile
  16. Christopher Mark Ratcliffe 2011-2015 Director View profile
  17. Peter James Kendall 2011-2017 Director View profile
  18. Maureen Lillian Bernice Milgram Forrest 2009-2010 Director View profile
  19. Alison Hicking 2009-2011 Director View profile
  20. John Duddington 2009-2012 Director View profile
  21. Kevin Watts 2009-2011 Director View profile
  22. Roland Frederick Hilton 2009-2023 Director View profile
  23. Walter Coleridge Burleigh 2008-2009 Director View profile
  24. Graham Smith 2008-2009 Director View profile
  25. Peter Arthur Carr 2008-2009 Director View profile
  26. Wendy Patricia Sly 2008-2009 Director View profile
  27. David Owen Mumford 2008-2011 Director View profile
  28. Colin Henson 2008-2013 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts · £2,000,000 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • HCC - 04/26 - Provision of Communicator Guide and Intervenor Services Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council £2,000,000 2026-08-10 Source: Find a Tender

    Hertfordshire County Council went out to Procurement for the Provision of Communicator Guide and Intervenor Services. This is a UK6 Contract Award Notice and this opportunity has now closed.

  • IA3617 Communicator Guide Buyer: Staffordshire County Council Value not published Date not published CPV 85000000 Source: Find a Tender

    Communicator Guides offer support to Eligible Persons who have developed sight and hearing impairments, often as they get older. These difficulties can cause people to become increasingly withdrawn, depressed and isolated. With the right he…

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About

What it does
Translation and interpretation activities
Incorporated
24/09/2008
Registered office
Leicester
Also a registered charity
Action Deafness

Grants received

4 grants · £310,762 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 Work and Pensions · £195,762 (2 grants)
  • 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 Work and Pensions £65,6732022-04-01
  • Department for Work and Pensions £130,0892021-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £95,0002020-10-05
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

8 directors on the board

4.3y median 2.8y
average tenure
11.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

Also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Business services 1Tech and media 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
06706042
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
30/06/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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