DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION OF STAFFORDSHIRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1129228 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer information, advice, guidance, training, testing and tuition to anyone affected by, or with an interest in, dyslexia.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED SHALL BE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OTHER OPINIONS:1 TO BENEFIT PERSONS AFFECTED BY DYSLEXIA BY PROVIDING EDUCATION IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE SOCIAL INCLUSION2 TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH INTO DYSLEXIA AND DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS THEREOF3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROCURING AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC CONCERNING DYSLEXIA4 TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, BE DETERMINED

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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 charity reported total income of £143,754 against total expenditure of £129,507, resulting in a net movement in funds of £14,247. Unrestricted reserves increased to £34,170, which the trustees state is above their policy target of holding three months of running costs (£32,905). The balance sheet shows current assets of £46,842 against current liabilities of £2,072, indicating a strong liquidity position with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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 5 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dyslexia Association of Staffordshire ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Darren Kirbychair
• Anne Bailey
• Claire Alexandra Shepherd
• Kim Kirby
• Siobhon Hayes

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

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
• THE DYSLEXIA FOUNDATION income £315k
• THE BRITISH DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION income £2.2m
• Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity income £1.8m
• MADE BY DYSLEXIA income £980k
• BLOOMFIELD LEARNING CENTRE FOR CHILDREN LIMITED income £226k

Side by side with its peers

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