Kent Deaf Childrens Society

Analysis

Kent Deaf Childrens Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in November 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kent Deaf Childrens Society reported income of £25k and spending of £26k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £17k to £25k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Kent Deaf Childrens Society sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Krishna Swansea (£25k), Hayes Community Foodbank, Kent (£25k) and International Occupational Medicine Society Collaborative (£25k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.