Sandwell Deaf Community Association

Analysis

Sandwell Deaf Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Bromwich. It was registered in May 2008, 18 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. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sandwell Deaf Community Association reported income of £862k and spending of £749k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £488k to £862k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sandwell Deaf Community Association sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Harlequins Foundation (£860k), The Middlesex Association for the Blind (£862k) and The Manchester Deaf Centre (£860k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79% and donations and legacies 21%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £169k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.