British Deaf Association

Analysis

British Deaf Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02881497). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, British Deaf Association reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.2m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £2.5m (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, British Deaf Association sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forward Housing (£2.5m), Lifeworks Charity Limited (£2.5m) and Vision Support Barrow & District (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 58%, charitable activities 39% and trading 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.4m. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 6.6%. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.