# DECIBELS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1109004
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 12, 2005
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1109004


## Contact

- **Address:** DECIBELS, Reading Deaf Centre, 131-133 Cardiff Road, Reading, Berkshire
- **Postcode:** RG1 8JF
- **Phone:** 01491 576281
- **Email:** info@decibels.org.uk
- **Website:** https://decibels.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE WITH A VARIETY OF DISABILITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF ENABLING THEM TO LEARN, APPRECIATE AND ENJOY SOUND, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE AND THE ARTS THROUGH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.

**Activities:** Decibels is a UK-arts-based organisation committed to widening access, opportunity and participation so that deaf, deafblind, deafened and hard of hearing people can thrive and be heard.We believe in a world where deaf, deafblind, deafened and hard of hearing people should be able to engage fully with the arts, culture and wider society.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £30725 | £16488 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £46502 | £18925 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £26399 | £16410 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £33000 | £18000 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £34959 | £14925 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Ken Carter — appointed March 1, 2025
- PAUL ANDREW TOWNSON
- Rosie Axon — appointed March 10, 2015