FEDERATION OF LEADERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

Registered charity 1137564 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The FLSE works with those people who are delivering education, welfare, care, support and guidance to these children and young adults with special education needs and disabilities, wherever they are, throughout their educational years. We provide a framework for extensive dialogue between all those providing special education services and the government, through the DfE, and local authorities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NO SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THOSE OBJECTS BY:-(1) PROMOTING HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS OF SERVICE, ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT WITHIN ITS MEMBERSHIP.(2) PROMOTING AND REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF LEADERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.(3) ENCOURAGING THE SHARING AND DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD PRACTICE AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN MEMBERS THROUGH NETWORKING.

Area of benefit: GOVERNMENT REGIONS - SOUTH, SOUTH WEST, LONDON, EAST, EAST MIDLANDS, WEST MIDLANDS, NORTH WEST, NORTH EAST, YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE AND THE SOUTH EAST

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 expenditure of £1,259 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing from £49,477 to £48,218. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis without any material uncertainties noted.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07287507

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.

• WALLER, James — director, appointed 16/09/2024on trustee list
• MCLEAN, Paul — director, appointed 13/09/2024on trustee list
• WHYSALL, Charlotte — director, appointed 12/07/2024on trustee list
• HEWITT, Susan — director, appointed 21/11/2018on trustee list
• PAYNE, Barry Raymond Neil — director, appointed 11/02/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susan Hewittchair
• BARRY PAYNE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Charlotte Whysall · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Waller · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul McLean · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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