The Dorset Deaf Childrens Society

Analysis

The Dorset Deaf Childrens Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in March 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Dorset Deaf Childrens Society reported income of £12k and spending of £12k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £13k to £12k (-9.7%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Dorset Deaf Childrens Society sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Down's Syndrome North Yorkshire Support Group (£12k), Worksop Miners' Welfare Hall and Institute (£12k) and Wings (Wombourne Special Needs Support Group) (£12k).

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.