British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust

Analysis

British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hemel Hempstead. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06632452). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust reported income of £4.9m and spending of £5.0m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.8m to £4.9m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Saatchi Gallery, London (£4.9m), Compton Verney House Charity (£5.1m) and The Berkshire Young Musicians Trust (£4.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.1m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.