Huddersfield and District Society for the Deaf

Analysis

Huddersfield and District Society for the Deaf is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Huddersfield and District Society for the Deaf reported income of £21k and spending of £33k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £21k to £21k (+1.7%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 268%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Huddersfield and District Society for the Deaf sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Soundwaves Music Project (£21k), Shipdham Parochial and Fuel Allotment Charity (£21k) and Bishopswood School Association (£21k).

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.