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2020-12-31-accounts

PROMOTING DEAF ISSUES

Registered Charity Number 1115671

Financial Statements and Trustees’ Report

For the year ended 31 December 2020

Promoting Deaf Issues Registered Charity Number 1115671 Contents

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  1. Trustees & Advisors

  2. Report of the Trustees

  3. Independent Examiners Report

  4. Statement of Financial Activities

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8. Balance Sheet

  1. Notes to the financial statements

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Promoting Deaf Issues Registered Charity Number 1115671

Trustees of and Advisors to the Trust

_ oo ™ Derek Carline 13 October 2014 Maggie Mackay 13 October 2014 a Administrative address: 24 South Drive Chorlton-cum-Hardy Manchester M21 8DY Bankers: Lloyds Bank Market St Manchester Independent Examiner: Dunhams Chartered Accountants 11 Warwick Rd Old Trafford Manchester M16 0QQ

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Promoting Deaf Issues Registered Charity Number 1115671 Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2020

Constitution, Objective and Policies

Commission.The Promoting Deaf Issues Trust is governed by a Scheme dated 7 July 2006, approved by the Charity

The Foundation is administered by the Trustees.

The Trustees meet as appropriate to decide on investment policy, and to approve grants and awards.

The objective of the Trust is:

The provision of grants to support research, and development work in deafness and the training of teachers of lip reading, training of lipspeakers, training in deaf awareness and communication tactics, and in providing support to deaf people.

Achievements and Performance

Promoting Deaf Issues (PDI) works either through Manchester Centre for Deaf Studies (MCDS) (www.manchesterdeafstudies.org) or Deafness Matters (DM) (www.deafnessmatters.org).

PDI, MCDS and DM also work with the professional associations for lipreading teachers (Association for Teachers of Lipreading to Adults - ATLA) and lipspeakers (Association of Lipspeakers - ALS).

MCDS and DM also work with Ofqual recognised Awarding Organisations

Lipspeaker Training:

MCDS ran a successful Signature ‘Level 3 Certificate in Lipspeaking’ course in 2020 to 2021. (Signature 1s anOfqual recognised Awarding Organisation). There was a full intake for this course in January 2020 and they are completing the course in staged way during 2021. (The lipspeaker training course is based on the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for lipspeaking which our MCDS team worked so hard to contribute to.) The lipspeaking course is a self-funding course.

The course started as a face-to-face course in Stoke-on-Trent and ran for three months as an in-person course at the rate of one weekend a month. As a result of Covid it had to move online and there were 9 further weekends of Zoom group teaching.

Whilst Zoom is a useful teaching tool it was found that student progress was slow and they all needed, in addition to the group Zoom teaching, many extra hours of individual practice, tuition and assessment with the deaf tutor who lipread them and the lipspeaking tutor. Additional tutors have also been brought in to teach and assess the students. All the students who have finished so far have been successful and were thereby able to register as professional lipspeakers with NRCPD (The National Registers of Communication Professionals Working with Deaf and Deafblind People).

A new lipspeaker training course is being planned for 2022. It will be part face-to-face group tuition and part Zoom group and individual tuition — and students will thereby benefit from both methods of teaching.

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Promoting Deaf Issues Registered Charity Number 1115671

Lipreading and Managing your Hearing Loss Classes

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The Deaf Strategies Website (www.deafstrategies.org)

PDI has the Deaf Strategies website which provides information for deaf people and others, including their families, friends, and colleagues and also professionals.

This website is being extensively updated. (The website has been reformatted by Sempre - which is kindly providing this work to the PDI for a very low cost. It will be useable on mobile phones.)

Deaf Awareness Training

When the threat of Covid is reduced PDI will be able to restart its deaf awareness courses.

Two types of course are available:

Income

The income through this period was £42,365 (2019: £23,024), consisting mainly of anonymous donations and the fees for the self-funding non-profit making lipspeakers course run in 2020.

The details of both income and expenditure are set out in the Statement of Financial Activities on page 7.

Investment Policy

The policy ofthe Trustees is to maintain in the current account sufficient to meet expected costs incurred in supporting the work ofthe charity and related costs.

An investment account will be opened when and if an uncommitted balance accrues in the current account.

Risk assessment

The Trustees have reviewed risks and consider that appropriate measures are in place.

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Promoting Deaf Issues Registered Charity Number 1115671

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES IN RESPECT OF THE ACCOUNTS

Charity law and practice requires Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Foundation and of the surplus or deficit of the Foundation for that period. In preparing those financial statements Trustees are required to: -

Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Trust and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with all relevant legislation and best practice.

They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Foundation and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Approved by Trustees on and signed on their behalf by

Derek Carline (Chair) ; Signed ADS CEST ag Ie. 1[C) 2oha0 |

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Promoting Deaf Issues Registered Charity Number 1115671

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Promoting Deaf Issues

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 December 2020.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of[the] 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Mr A Edwards ACA ACCA Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Dunhams Chartered Accountants 11 Warwick Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 0QQ

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Promoting Deaf Issues Registered Charity Number 1115671 Statement of Financial Activities for the period ended 31 December 2020

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||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |2020|2019| |Note|Unrestricted|Unrestricted| |Funds|funds| |£|£| |Income|and|endowments| |Donations|and|legacies|8|21,000)|.|21,074| |Other income|9|14,1 ga/|1,950|—|yok| |Grant|Income|7,181|0|Tol}| |Total|income|42,365|23,024| |Expenditure|on|charitable|activities|a| |Staffing|costs|11,953|13,942| |Office|rent,|insurance,|and|rates|5,819|6,126| |Accommodation|for|courses|0|550| |External|accreditation|fees|222|1,053| |Costs|of the|lipspeaking|course|11,599|1,018| |Phone,|photocopying,|and|computer|running|costs|744|1,193| |Websites|644|587| |Subscriptions|75|75| |Bookkeeping|300|300| |Donation|15|15| |Independent|examination|250|198| |Depreciation|567|556| |Other|0|848| |Total|expenditure|32,188|26,461| |Net|Income|and|movement|in|funds|10,177|(3,437)| |Total|funds|brought|forward|1,485|4,922| |Total funds|carried|forward|at 31|December 2020|11,662|1,485|

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Promoting Deaf Issues Registered Charity Number 1115671 Statement of Financial Position As at 31 December 2020

Note £ £
Fixed Assets 2020 2019
Computers, Electrical, furniture. 5 747 725
Current Assets
Debtors
Cash at Bank		 1,296
20,119		 228
1,201
21,415 1,429
Amounts falling due within 1 year 7
Creditors and accrued expenses 10,500 669
Net Current Assets 10,915 760
Total Assets Less Current Liabilities 11,662 1,485
FundBalances 6 11,662 L485

Approved by the Board of Trustees

Derek Carline \y OO. Cs st Le. Chair . ae 25. 10 2O2)

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Promoting Deaf Issues Registered Charity Number 1115671 Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year ended 31 December 2020

  1. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland’, the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Accounting Convention

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties valued at fair value through the income and expenditure account.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Cash Flow Statement

The Trustees have taken advantage ofthe available exemption as a small charity from preparing a cash flow statement.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue.

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured.

Resources expended

Resources expended include all the expenditure relating to the running of the Foundation and is accounted for gross at the time the expenditure is incurred. Where relevant, these costs include Value Added Tax, which the Foundation is unable to recover.

Taxation

The Trustees consider that requirements for the exemptions from taxation set out in the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 and the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 are met, and therefore no provision is made for taxation.

Tangible assets

je. assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated Wlectiwame sealant losses. Any tangible assets carried at revalued amounts are recorded at the fair at the date of revaluation less any subsequent accumulated de reciation impairment losses. P and subsequent accumulated

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Depreciation

Promoting Deaf Issues Registered Charity Number 1115671

Has been provided at 25% on computer and electrical equipment, after the year of purchase.

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PAYMENTSTO TRUSTEES		 3.
PAYMENTSTO TRUSTEES
The Trustees receive no remuneration norhave theirexpenses been reimbursed.
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’SREMUNERATION
The remuneration paid tothe Independent Examiner for2020		 was £250(2019£198)
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TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Equipment
£
Cost
At January 2020
Additions
At31 December2020		 6,529
589
7,118
Depreciation
At January 2020
Charge fortheyear
At 31 December2020		 5,804
567
6,371
Carryingamount at 31 December 2020 747
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ANALYSIS OFCHARITABLE FUNDS
Unrestricted At 1 January
2020		 Income Expenditure At 31 December
2020
Funds 1,485 42,365 (32,188) 11,662
ds
CREDITORSAMOUNT FALLING DUEWITHIN 1 YEAR
At At
Creditors&Accrued Expenses
Expenses
Income InAdvance		 31 December2020
31
£
4,320
6,180		 December2019
£
669
0
10,500 669
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DONATION AND		 LEGACIES
Unrestricted funds Total funds
Anonymous Donors £ 21,000 £ 21,000
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OTHER INCOME
At At
Course fees 31 December2020
14,184		 31 December2019
1,950
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