The Royal Association for Deaf People

Analysis

The Royal Association for Deaf People is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03973353). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Royal Association for Deaf People reported income of £3.1m and spending of £3.5m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £3.1m (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Royal Association for Deaf People sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Enhanceable (£3.1m), Cintre (£3.1m) and Philanthropist (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79%, donations and legacies 5.5% and investments 2.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £146k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £781k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 72 people.

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.