Shropshire Deaf Children's Society Incorporating Telford and the Wrekin

Analysis

Shropshire Deaf Children's Society Incorporating Telford and the Wrekin is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in November 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Shropshire Deaf Children's Society Incorporating Telford and the Wrekin reported income of £15k and spending of £9,614, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £805 to £15k (+1729%), an average of +107% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 545%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Shropshire Deaf Children's Society Incorporating Telford and the Wrekin sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ocean Watersports Trust Vale of Glamorgan (£15k), Ehsas E Zindagi (£15k) and Talking Hands Deaf Children and Young People (£15k).