Talking Hands Deaf Children and Young People

Talking Hands operates as an national Wales charity and deliver activities with Deaf children, young people & their families and Deaf families includes Signs and Rhymes toddlers group, play group and youth club up to 25 years of ages.This includes regional activities, programmes of sessional and projects activities across Wales and building our provision with Children, Youth and families.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Throughout Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £14,706 and spent £12,104.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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Income over time

Down 50%, from £29,185 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £14,706 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 82% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 5 grants to this charity since 2015, worth at least £75,062.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 22 February 2025

  Named by Jack Robert George Rigdon in the Senedd

  Hello. My name is Jack Rigdon. I live in Gower, Swansea, and I'm representing Talking Hands deaf children and young people group based in Swansea. I'm here to talk about a topic that you've either heard about or experienced: bullying. I know that I was anxious starting comprehensive school about bul…

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9 trustees run the charity.

• Cathie Robins-TalbotChairAppointed 11 June 2015
• Darren McNeillAppointed 9 September 2023
• David AmourAppointed 7 July 2023
• Helen Robins-talbotAppointed 11 June 2015
• Jane Elizabeth MastersAppointed 17 November 2016
• June TalbotAppointed 11 June 2015
• Melanie FreemanAppointed 12 January 2019
• sara jenkinsAppointed 16 January 2021
• shan collins sherwoodAppointed 17 June 2017

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.

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Charity number

1162130

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

11 June 2015

Governing document

CIO - Foundation Registered 11 Jun 2015

Council area of its contact address

Swansea

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Swansea Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Swansea's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Gŵyr Abertawe
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd