BLOOMFIELD LEARNING CENTRE FOR CHILDREN LIMITED

Registered charity 1016894 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLOOMFIELD LEARNING CENTRE

The Bloomfield Learning Centre is an assessment and teaching unit for children and young adults with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties. We work primarily with children from poor socio-economic backgrounds whose families are unable to pay for specialist literacy teaching.

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Latest income

£226k

Latest spending

£243k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £16,672 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reducing its total net assets from £328,773 to £312,101. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £296,501, which the directors believe are sufficient to cover operational costs for six to twelve months. The trustees and auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six to twelve months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £297k)

“The directors believe that the funds held, plus annual fees, should cover the costs of providing lessons and assessments for a six to twelve month period, which would permit an orderly wind down of the charity's activities if needed.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02780168

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

BROMBY, Chris — director, appointed 30/04/2025not on trustee list
LEMER, Saul — director, appointed 19/03/2019on trustee list
BLOOMFIELD, Will — director, appointed 27/03/2017on trustee list
WELCH, Jeremy — director, appointed 15/01/2014on trustee list
ORR, Jane Ann — director, appointed 01/03/2004on trustee list
BRAMHALL, John Francis — director, appointed 15/01/1993on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN BRAMHALLchair
Christopher Russell Bromby · trustee of 1 other charity
JANE ORR
JEREMY WELCH
Rosalind Grace Anders
Saul Lemer
Will Bloomfield

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£226k	£243k
31/08/2024	£217k	£249k
31/08/2023	£202k	£213k
31/08/2022	£207k	£211k
31/08/2021	£202k	£195k

Common questions

Is BLOOMFIELD LEARNING CENTRE FOR CHILDREN LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £16,672 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reducing its total net assets from £328,773 to £312,101. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £296,501, which the directors believe are sufficient to cover operational costs for six to twelve months. The trustees and auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

Who funds BLOOMFIELD LEARNING CENTRE FOR CHILDREN LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLOOMFIELD LEARNING CENTRE FOR CHILDREN LIMITED as a grant recipient include MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS CHARITY, DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND, CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK, THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST, WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INSURERS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Christopher Russell Bromby — trustee here and at MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS CHARITY

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS CHARITY	FY2022	£37k	Children's charities
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2025	£10k	Star language and spelling programme
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK	FY2024	£8k
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK	FY2025	£6k
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK	FY2023	£5k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INSURERS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITY	3	£22k
TALLOW CHANDLERS BENEVOLENT FUND NO 2	2	£68k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£14k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	2	£11k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£6k
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)	1	£600k
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT UK FOUNDATION	1	£143k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	1	£88k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION OF STAFFORDSHIRE LIMITED.

DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION OF STAFFORDSHIRE LIMITED income £144k
BROOKVALE income £3.7m
Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity income £1.8m
The BloomSpace Foundation income £161k
BLOSSOMS LONDON LTD income £190k
THE CHILDREN'S LITERACY CHARITY income £902k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BLOOMFIELD LEARNING CENTRE FOR CHILDREN LIMITED	£226k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION OF STAFFORDSHIRE LIMITED FY2025	£144k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BROOKVALE FY2024	£3.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity FY2025	£1.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	below	—	no doubt
The BloomSpace Foundation FY2025	£161k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BLOSSOMS LONDON LTD FY2025	£190k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.