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Deaf Sports First LTD.
Educational support services
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 3
- Christopher Mark Beech 2014-2021 View profile
- Philip Edward Brown 2014-2018 View profile
- Martin Willis 2014-2024 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Educational support services; Operation of sports facilities; Other sports activities
- Incorporated
- 06/08/2014
- Registered office
- Reading
- Also a registered charity
- Deaf Sports First
- Previous names
- Deaf Firsts ( Deaf Faculty for Innovation, Research, Science, Technology & Sports) LTD (until 10/01/2024)
Deaf First (Faculty of Innovation, Research, Sports & Technology) LTD (until 17/02/2023)
Deaf Sports & Football Foundation (until 24/01/2023)
Financials
- Net assets
- £7,101
- Total assets
- £7,101
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
3 directors on the board
- Kenneth Charles Carter Director · appointed 2014
- Sharon Saartje Hirshman Director · appointed 2014
- Henry Skinner Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Kenneth Charles Carter Director · appointed 2014
- Sharon Saartje Hirshman Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Henry Skinner Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Kenneth Charles Carter Director · appointed 2014
- Sharon Saartje Hirshman Director · appointed 2014
Also govern a charity
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.
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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 09164509
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 31/05/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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