Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

Poor Liquidity: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 17

HELEN ARKELL DYSLEXIA CHARITY

The Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre directly helps dyslexic individuals of all ages, trains and assists professionals to help dyslexic individuals, and gives guidance to schools, colleges and other institutions on how to help dyslexic individuals.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23		£1,633	£1,638	£-5	£85	£267	£182	1.3	50	7
31/08/22		£1,717	£1,567	£150	£83	£272	£100	0.8	54	7
31/08/21		£1,356	£1,348	£7	£3	£122	£59	0.5	48	6
31/08/20		£1,194	£1,254	£-60	£8	£114	£63	0.6	50	6
31/08/19		£1,366	£1,335	£31	£8	£174	£119	1.1	44	6
31/08/18		£1,288	£1,287	£1	£11	£143	£113	1	44	0
31/08/17		£1,320	£1,370	£-50	£7	£143	£107	0.9	22	0
31/08/16		£1,140	£1,170	£-30	£4	£193	£181	1.9	22	0
31/08/15		£1,137	£1,078	£58	£10	£223	£222	2.5	22	0
31/08/14		£1,097	£1,048	£49	£10	£164	£163	1.9	20	0
31/08/13		£1,075	£1,010	£65	£10	£115	£114	1.4	20	0
31/08/12		£959	£937	£22	£10	£50	£50	0.6	10	0
31/08/11		£907	£925	£-19	£10	£28	£13	0.2	10	0
31/08/10		£853	£831	£22	£20	£47	£-16	-0.2	10	0
31/08/09		£814	£756	£58	£11	£25	£-49	-0.8	5	0
31/08/08		£581	£660	£-79	£11	£-32	£-49	-0.9	9	0
31/08/07		£675	£713	£-38	£11	£46	£3	0.1	8	0
31/08/06		£783	£814	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/05	*	£735	£886	£-152	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/04		£691	£768	£-77	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 60%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 68%
Reserves/Spending: 1.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 27 years

www.helenarkell.org.uk

enquiries@helenarkell.org.uk

01252792400

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Medical education & research

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

50 employees
7 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£47,859
Garfield Weston Foundation	£40,000
Community Foundation for Surrey	£32,500
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,225

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - CFS Restricted Surrey Dyslexia Support Fund for children and young people
£10,000	05/07/2022	Funding towards a bursary scheme which will enable disadvantaged young people suffering with dyslexia the opportunity to get diagnosed and individualised help.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000	06/05/2022	Helping children, young people and adults with dyslexia, regardless of age, location or financial circumstances.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity - 04/01/21
£1,000	22/01/2021	Core Funding
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity
£5,000	13/01/2021 11	To subsidise the costs of a dyslexia assessment and support programme.
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - People with Disabilities
£12,500	03/09/2020 11	Funding toward the essential running costs of an organisation that helps identify and then support people with dyslexia, based in Farnham, during the Covid-19 pandemic.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£47,859	19/08/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Help! Parenting Courses for Parents of Children with Dyslexia
£9,225	22/04/2020 11	The organisation will use the funding to run courses for parents of children with dyslexia in order to help them provide support their children at home and school.
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Education
£5,000	21/04/2020	Contribution to a charity supporting people with dyslexia whilst isolated at home during the Coronavirus pandemic
Community Foundation for Surrey - CFS Restricted Surrey Dyslexia Support Fund
£5,000	03/07/2019 11	Dyslexia assessments and support for Surrey residents.
J J Charitable Trust - Made By Dyslexia
£125,000	11/05/2017	Towards start up and core costs for a movement that shows how the public and educational system's perception of dyslexia as a disadvantage fails to capture the experience of people for whom dyslexic ....more Towards start up and core costs for a movement that shows how the public and educational system's perception of dyslexia as a disadvantage fails to capture the experience of people for whom dyslexic thinking is the source of their creativity and opportunity. It promotes public, business and charitable investment in the potential of all dyslexic people, regardless of their ability to pay, through better teacher skills in schools, awareness training on skills and aptitudes in the world of work, and new media and training resources.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-64

ALISON SUTTON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant

DR JENNIE GUISE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Practitioner Psychologist

JOANNA DUNBAR-WEBB Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Operations Specialist

LAURA ANTHONY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Human Resources Director

MICHAEL SICELY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

MICHAEL-JOHN ALBERT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Partner

PETER WATSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Senior Geophysicist

SIMON HEPHER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor

JONATHAN HETHERINGTON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Headmaster, Other trusteeships: THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION, FRIENDS OF MORE HOUSE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/10/1997, number: 1064646
Registered at Companies House on 11/09/1997, number: 03432423

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR05: 143 days late,

Main office

24 West Street
FARNHAM
Surrey
GU9 7DR

Objectives

(A) TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE, EDUCATION AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DYSLEXIA OR ANY OTHER RELATED SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY;(B) TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, TEACHERS AND OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONS ABOUT DYSLEXIA AND OTHER RELATED SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES AND TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN THE PUBLIC, TEACHERS AND OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONS ABOUT THE CARE, EDUCATION AND TREATMENT OF SUCH PERSONS; AND(C) TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH INTO DYSLEXIA AND OTHER RELATED SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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