Durham Deafened Support

Analysis

Durham Deafened Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Co. Durham. It was registered in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Durham Deafened Support reported income of £158k and spending of £225k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £172k to £158k (-8.5%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Durham Deafened Support sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lam Action (£158k), The Garden Gate Project Ltd (£158k) and Charles Young Centre (£158k).