THE DYSLEXIA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1080330 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADA, ADULT DYSLEXIA ACCESS, ADULT DYSLEXIA ACCESS (NORTHWEST)

DISABILITY

Objects

"TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 16 YEARS WHO HAVE DYSLEXIA, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF AND ADVOCACY AND MEDIATION SERVICE, GUIDANCE, INFORMATION, EQUIPMENT AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT."

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £845 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £41,227. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory, although they note that core funding remains a concern and is under constant review. The charity is not registered for VAT, meaning all resources expended include non-recoverable VAT.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN MIDDLETON EVERATT
• Johnathan Robert Higgins
• Terence Rotherham

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DYSLEXIA MATTERS CHARITY.

• DYSLEXIA MATTERS CHARITY income £340k
• DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION OF STAFFORDSHIRE LIMITED income £144k
• DISABILITY NORTH income £732k
• Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity income £1.8m
• THE READING FOUNDATION income £517k
• THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £216k

Side by side with its peers

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