Common questions about Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Hearing Dogs for Deaf People a good charity? +
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People scores 92 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 78% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Hearing Dogs for Deaf People a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Hearing Dogs for Deaf People as a registered charity (charity number 293358). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=293358&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's charity number? +
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's charity number is 293358. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's charity rating? +
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People scores 92 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Hearing Dogs for Deaf People have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Hearing Dogs for Deaf People? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 78% of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 22% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 23% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 9 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £140,001–£150,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Hearing Dogs for Deaf People receive? +
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People reported £16m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-08-22). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Hearing Dogs for Deaf People based? +
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's registered contact address is in Hemel Hempstead (HP27 9NS). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, with a focus on sight & hearing.
How much is Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 9 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £140,001–£150,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's money come from? +
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People reported £16m total income for the year ending 31 March 2026. The largest sources were donations and legacies £15m (93%), investments £529k (3%), trading and fundraising events £300k (2%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £12m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Hearing Dogs for Deaf People? +
The register records Hearing Dogs for Deaf People as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's trustees paid? +
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
What was Hearing Dogs for Deaf People previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People: Hearing Dogs for the Deaf.
When was Hearing Dogs for Deaf People registered as a charity? +
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People was entered on the register on 2 January 1986. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01964878).
How does CharityCompare score Hearing Dogs for Deaf People? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.