Deafroots

Analysis

Deafroots is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Deafroots reported income of £20k and spending of £42k, spending 212% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £55k to £20k (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Deafroots sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Voice of Albinism (£20k), The Barry Beavers Swimming Club for the Disabled (£20k) and Gracelife International Church, Crewe (£20k).