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deafway

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, and other defined groups. Deafway is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to individuals. The charity is based in Preston and operates in Lancashire, Nepal, and Uganda.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

All of our work, in the UK, on the Isle of Man, in Nepal and in Uganda, aims to give D/deaf people equal access to every part of life. We do this through Residential Support and Rehabilitation; Education and Training; Deaf/Sign Language Arts; Deaf Culture Projects; Deaf Heritage Projects; and the provision of Deaf Spaces. At the centre of of all that we do is Deaf Culture and sign language.

Fundraising

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Local Authority

Financial Information

Latest Income
£2,619,374
Latest Expenditure
£2,868,619

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 108.6%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 99.1%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 3.6%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £56,325
Charitable Activities £2,547,813
Other Trading £0
Investments £10,372
Other Income £4,864

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £2,843,558
Raising Funds £25,061
Governance £78,310
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£2,619,374£2,868,619£2,843,558£2,101,614£610,44459 / 0
2023£2,345,212£2,372,997£2,347,689£2,184,556£484,81759 / 0
2022£2,596,920£2,815,562£2,760,581£2,207,240£248,43680 / 8
2021£2,513,703£2,310,790£2,224,627£2,383,158£484,81782 / 0
2020£2,379,903£2,446,521£2,383,168£2,083,299£484,81782 / 1

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers