Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +11
    Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

    EMPOWERING DEAF SOCIETY

    Promoting the welfare of Deaf peopleProvide advice and training in all areas of education and employmentPromote the educational and social interests of Deaf peopleProvide support and advice for those accessing mainstream education and vocational training.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit £k
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£229£231£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/22£194£158£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21£246£148£99n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20£157£131£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/19*£118£77£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£44£68£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/17£96£57£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/16*£37£32£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/15£46£44£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/14*£40£34£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/13*£35£33£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/12£34£49£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/11*£93£63£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 15 years

    www.empoweringdeafsociety.org.uk

    contact@empoweringdeafsociety.org.uk

    02082154710

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Services for people with disabilities
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout London,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People With Disabilities

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Community Fund£518,205
    Three Guineas Trust£96,000
    Trust for London£85,140
    Greater London Authority£53,874
    BBC Children in Need£39,600
    DCMS£33,169
    The London Community Foundation£19,938
    The MSE Charity£6,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Three Guineas Trust - Extend advice for Deaf people by giving extra hours to welfare rights advisers and related costs.
    £96,000 27/03/2024
    Extend advice for Deaf people by giving extra hours to welfare rights advisers, including related admin and venue costs.
    Trust for London - Empowering Deaf Society
    £5,140 29/09/2022
    This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.02.21-8977
    Greater London Authority - Empowering Deaf Society
    £53,874 29/07/2022
    This is partnership Programme between City Bridge Trust, the National Lottery Community Fund and the GLA. Empowering Deaf Society provides services that are designed to meet the needs of the deaf ....more
    The MSE Charity - Grant to Empowering Deaf Society
    £6,500 15/04/2022
    Funding the CAP Money course to be delivered in BSL (British Sign Language) and to enable 3 deaf people to train to become CAP Money Coaches.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Jubilee legacy for Deaf
    £49,299 03/03/2022
    The funding will be used to bring the deaf and hearing community together to work on a community allotment. The project has the potential to bring down barriers and raise awareness of the issues that ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering Deaf
    £10,000 05/11/2021
    The funding will be used to deliver events for deaf children youth club events for deaf young people and provide opportunities for socialisation and education. Activities include information ....more
    Trust for London - Empowering Deaf Society
    £80,000 09/06/2021
    36
    The funding is for supporting Deaf Londoners to progress to better jobs in their workplace. The project will build employers' awareness of behaviours, and practices, that prevent advancement of Deaf ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Deaf Can
    £448,912 05/05/2021
    The group is using funding to continue supporting the deaf community through improved deaf awareness education and training for the deaf community including employment and mental health support ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Empowering Deaf Society
    £39,600 09/09/2020
    18
    COVID19 - This project will offer a programme of face to face workshops for deaf children to reduce isolation experienced during COVID-19 and increase social networks.
    The London Community Foundation - Grant to Empowering Deaf Society
    £9,980 14/08/2020
    Ensuring deaf people get access to all necessary information via video messaging platforms / social media, in BSL. We will offer support for older/vulnerable deaf with shopping, medication, arranging ....more
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £9,980 14/08/2020
    NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Empowering Deaf People
    £2,500 03/07/2020
    COVID19 : purchase of IT equipment for a charity that supports deaf people in Greater London
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £9,989 03/07/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £13,200 30/06/2020
    NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
    CAF - Grant to Empowering Deaf Society
    £4,959 14/05/2020
    3
    Grant to Empowering Deaf Society to support the organisation through COVID19
    The London Community Foundation - Grant to Empowering Deaf Society
    £9,958 23/04/2020
    Ensuring deaf people get access to all necessary information via video messaging platforms / social media, in BSL. We will offer support for older/vulnerable deaf with shopping, medication, arranging ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Deaf Women project
    £9,994 22/04/2020
    9
    The funding will be used to deliver a series of health workshops specifically for deaf women to support them to access health care information and services. The project aims to provide a safe space ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - EDS Social Events
    £9,980 15/10/2018
    12
    The project aims to provide specialist entertainment to ensure people can actively engage in the event.
    People's Health Trust - Deaf Together
    £21,525 23/08/2018
    This one-year project provided a weekly social club along with workshops for deaf adults living in Redbridge, Havering and Barking and Dagenham. The topics and themes for the workshops and sessions ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting and Empowering Deaf Communities in East London
    £260,688 21/03/2018
    36
    This project focuses on meeting the education, health and wellbeing needs of deaf people living predominantly in the London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Redbridge ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - D - Sport & Leisure
    £9,962 07/06/2017
    12
    This project will use funding to improve knowledge on health and wellbeing for people living with hearing impairments. The project will use an awareness raising session, wellbeing activities and a ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Empowering Deaf Society
    £22,000 21/10/2016
    purchase of IT equipment for a charity which works with disabled people in London
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • BERNARD JAMES WILLS Appointed: 2019
    • IONA GOSLING MA, PGCE
    • LILIJA VASINA Appointed: 2018
    • NANDANA SINILLKUMAR Appointed: 2024
    • RAVISHANTHY SENTHIVEL BA Appointed: 2018
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/10/2009, number: 1131970
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    13 returns made; AR19: 31 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR11: 120 days late,
    Main office

    2a Central Parade
    Ley Street
    Ilford
    IG2 7DE

    Objectives

    1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR DEAF TEACHERS AND TEACHERS WORKING WITH DEAF PEOPLE, WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING STANDARDS OF TEACHING FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION WITHIN THE DEAF SIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNITY.3. TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT BY PROVIDING ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION FOR THE DEAF SIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNITY.4. TO RELIEVE NEED AMONG DEAF PEOPLE BY HELPING THEM ACCESS MAINSTREAM AND PUBLIC SERVICES AND BY HELPING THEM PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.5. TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY HELPING DEAF PEOPLE TO ACCESS EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SERVICES AND BY PROMOTING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DEAF AND HEARING COMMUNITIES.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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