THE NATIONAL DEAF CHILDREN'S SOCIETY

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The trustees have reviewed our activities, current financial position and risks on our voluntary income and planned supporter recruitment. Although we expect a deficit in 2025/26, this will be funded by drawing down our reserves. Our trustees will continue to regularly review financial scenarios that model factors such as supporter recruitment levels and rates of lapsing, as well as the impact of wider economic risks such as falling investment values. These currently indicate that it remains appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. THE NATIONAL DEAF CHILDREN'S SOCIETY · parent
   1. NDCS Limited 100% · England and Wales · sale of advertising and other goods and services
   2. Friends for Young Deaf People 100% · England and Wales · charitable activities (dormant)
   3. Fundacion Ninos Sordos del Mundo 100% · Spain · charitable activities (dormant)

Significant events

• “Launched a 5-year strategy in April 2023, structured using objectives and key results (OKRs).”
• “Implemented strategic initiatives in 2024/25, including the launch of the MyNDCS app and development of an AI assistant for the public helpline.”
• “Ended all previous international partnerships in 2024/25, with tailored exit plans for projects in India and Kenya.”
• “Launched the Community Grants Programme in October 2024, distributing £152,000 to local affiliated groups.”
• “Transitioned London office to a more cost effective, smaller flexible working space, vacated the Glasgow office, and hosted first all-staff conference in November 2024.”
• “Introduced a new generative AI risk to the strategic level risk register at the beginning of 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  +56.2%

  £7,665,000 → £11,976,000

• Net assets

  +28.4%

  £14,053,000 → £18,048,000

• Employees

  +1.2%

  255 → 258

• Operating profit

  +125.4%

  £1,800,000 → £4,057,000

• Profit before tax

  +71.2%

  £2,334,000 → £3,995,000

• Wages

  +5%

  £10,247,000 → £10,757,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers