THE SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 509684 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWDA

SUPPORTING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM THE DISABILITY OF DYSLEXIA

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS HANDICAPPD BY DYSLEXIA. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF CONSTITUTION).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Registered contact address: Warwick, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£34k

Latest spending

£28k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £3,267 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income rising to £31,728 from £22,411 in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £38,264, which is within the stated policy target of maintaining around 12 months of normal running costs. The charity maintains adequate cash balances and reports no material uncertainties regarding its financial position.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: around 12 months of normal running costs (reserves figure: £38k)

“The trustees’ policy is to maintain reserves at around 12 months of normal running costs in order to meet commitments and to cover any unexpected expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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 expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 4

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2025 (received 04/11/2026, 4 days after the 31/10/2026 due date); year ending 31/12/2024 (received 08/12/2025, 38 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 16/01/2023, 77 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Donna Venableschair
Amy Blair
Jenny Mary Bremner-Smith
Lindsay Clements
Mark Harwood
Sarah Hussey

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£34k	£28k
31/12/2024	£32k	£28k
31/12/2023	£22k	£19k
31/12/2022	£14k	£12k
31/12/2021	£8k	£7k

Common questions

Is THE SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £3,267 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income rising to £31,728 from £22,411 in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £38,264, which is within the stated policy target of maintaining around 12 months of normal running costs. The charity maintains adequate cash balances and reports no material uncertainties regarding its financial position. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE VIRGIN FOUNDATION	1	£40k
MILLES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£10k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	1	£10k
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED	1	£5k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE	1	£750

Charities like this

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

THE DYSLEXIA FOUNDATION income £315k
DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION OF STAFFORDSHIRE LIMITED income £144k
DYSLEXIA MATTERS CHARITY income £340k
DYSLEXIA CORNWALL income £4k
SOUTHWARK DISABLEMENT ASSOCIATION income £1.5m
DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) income £675k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION	£34k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE DYSLEXIA FOUNDATION FY2025	£315k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION OF STAFFORDSHIRE LIMITED FY2025	£144k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DYSLEXIA MATTERS CHARITY FY2025	£340k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DYSLEXIA CORNWALL FY2024	£4k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTHWARK DISABLEMENT ASSOCIATION FY2025	£1.5m	—	—	below	—	no doubt

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