Lowestoft and District Deaf Society

Analysis

Lowestoft and District Deaf Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Lowestoft and District Deaf Society reported income of £17k and spending of £24k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £17k to £17k (-1.2%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Lowestoft and District Deaf Society sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Davids Community Church (£17k), Livn Global (£17k) and Holistic, Accessible, Vital, Empowerment (Have) (£17k).

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.