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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

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Latest income
£315k
Latest spending
£257k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £12,744 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total reserves of £40,381. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and funding adequate, though they note that core funding remains an area of concern. The charity is not subject to audit but underwent an independent examination.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2020)

Total income
£529k
Total spending
£524k
Reserves (reported)
£196k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£315k£257k
31/12/2023£235k£290k
31/12/2022£439k£526k
31/12/2021£411k£466k
31/12/2020£529k£524k

Common questions

Is THE DYSLEXIA FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £12,744 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total reserves of £40,381. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and funding adequate, though they note that core funding remains an area of concern. The charity is not subject to audit but underwent an independent examination. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/11/2022£10kE-Reading Project
UK government07/09/2020£8kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund09/05/2019£9kDecoding Dyslexia

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION1£138k
THE BAND TRUST1£75k
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION1£20k
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON1£15k
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITY1£9k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST1£9k
THE BERNICIA FOUNDATION1£9k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST1£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DISABILITY NORTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE DYSLEXIA FOUNDATION£315k—0unclear—no doubt
DISABILITY NORTH FY2025£732k—0above—no doubt
Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity FY2025£1.8m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
THE READING FOUNDATION FY2025£517k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£277k—0unclear—no doubt
DHS Educational Foundation FY2024£1.6m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt

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