MADE BY DYSLEXIA

Registered charity 1180256 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity are to advance education for the public benefit in relation to all aspects of dyslexia. Our aim is to help the world understand, value and support dyslexia. We create high-profile, inspirational campaigns, events, partnerships, resources and research that create global change.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF DYSLEXIA AND RELATED CONDITIONS TO ASSIST WITH THE SCREENING PROCESS AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF DYSLEXIA, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:-SUPPORTING AND UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO DYSLEXIA AND RELATED CONDITIONS-PROVIDING TRAINING, INFORMATION, RESOURCES AND RELATED SUPPORT IN SCHOOLS AND THE WORKPLACE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £237,261 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in free unrestricted reserves of £240,370. Per the trustees' report, this reserves position is above the stated policy target of approximately £75,000, which the board considers prudent given the challenging fundraising environment.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Made By Dyslexia (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (77% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CLAUDIA DOUGLASS
• LORD EVAN MERVYN DAVIES · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROLAND RUDD

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION.

• THE BRITISH DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION income £2.2m
• THE DYSLEXIA TEACHING CENTRE income £62k
• THE DYSLEXIA RESEARCH TRUST income £100k
• REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m
• THE DYSLEXIA FOUNDATION income £315k
• MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS income £28.2m

Side by side with its peers

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