LESLIE EDWARDS TRUST

Registered charity 1153822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Current activities are to provide lip reading classes and to help in projects that promote the general improvement of lip reading. The charity has also helped in th etraining of a new lip reading tutor.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST HEARING IMPAIRED PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES BY HELPING HEARING IMPAIRED PEOPLE IN THE EAST MIDLANDS AREA LEARN LIP-READING AND OTHER SKILLS WHICH HELP THEM PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS AND/OR EMPLOYMENT.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED PEOPLE BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF CLASSES IN LIP-READING AND OTHER COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES.WE WILL ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) PROVIDING LIP-READING CLASSES THAT ENABLE HEARING IMPAIRED PEOPLE TO COMMUNICATE MORE EASILY WITH A WIDER RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS.(II) FACILITATING THE TRAINING OF LIP-READING TUTORS TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF LIP READING CLASSES TO HEARING IMPAIRED PEOPLE LIVING IN THE EAST MIDLANDS.(III) INVESTIGATING IMPROVED METHODS OF LEARNING LIP-READING BY WORKING WITH SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS AND TRIALLING COMPUTER BASED METHODS OF LEARNING LIP-READING AS AN ADJUNCT TO CONVENTIONAL FACE-TO-FACE CLASS LEARNING AND FOR THOSE FOR WHOM CONVENTIONAL CLASSES ARE UNAVAILABLE OR INACCESSIBLE.(IV) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEARING IMPAIRED PEOPLE TO GET TOGETHER TO EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES OF COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS AND TO SOCIALISE GENERALLY – FOR EXAMPLE OUTINGS AND 'TEA AND CHAT'.

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 generated a surplus of £9,287.99 for the year, increasing its net assets to £35,587.00. The filing presents a balance sheet with current assets of £35,587.00 and no current liabilities, indicating a stable financial position without disclosed risks to its continuity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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 — Leslie Edwards Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sarah Symonschair
• Carrie Short

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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