Cambridgeshire Deaf Association

Analysis

Cambridgeshire Deaf Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03353070). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cambridgeshire Deaf Association reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.3m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.4m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Cambridgeshire Deaf Association sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compass Disability Services (£1.4m), First Step Trust (£1.4m) and Jackson's Lane (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and investments 4.5%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £456k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.