Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 3

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -1

THE DYSLEXIA FOUNDATION

DISABILITY

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 24 years

www.dyslexia-help.org

01514744500

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22		£439	£526	£-87	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/21		£411	£466	£-55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/20	*	£529	£524	£6	£0	£196	£196	4.5	2	0
31/12/19		£500	£503	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/18		£514	£483	£31	£0	£206	£206	5.1	5	0
31/12/17		£427	£467	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	*	£588	£531	£57	£113	£262	£270	6.1	5	0
31/12/15	*	£540	£537	£4	£0	£205	£154	3.5	4	0
31/12/14		£636	£578	£57	£0	£202	£134	2.8	5	0
31/12/13		£512	£515	£-3	£0	£144	£96	2.2	5	0
31/12/12		£433	£424	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	*	£382	£344	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£235	£223	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£191	£125	£66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£90	£97	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07	*	£116	£117	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	*	£103	£128	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	*	£140	£152	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	*	£142	£206	£-64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

Disability

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - E-Reading Project
£9,950	18/11/2022	The funding will be used to support adults who have poor reading and literacy skills. The project aims to use to E-reader pens as a starting point to improve basic reading and accessing written ....more The funding will be used to support adults who have poor reading and literacy skills. The project aims to use to E-reader pens as a starting point to improve basic reading and accessing written information for job searching or personal mail.
National Lottery Community Fund - Words Fail Me
£10,000	15/10/2021	The funding will be used to produce a podcast on people living with dyslexia. The project aims to raise awareness of the disorder and empower people with dyslexia to reach their potential.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,349	07/09/2020	"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 - Decoding Dyslexia
£9,380	09/05/2019 12	The organisation will provide support group sessions for parents of children who have dyslexia in the local area, with the aim of developing skills and increasing support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Yes We Can Read!
£10,000	26/11/2014 12	Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Dyslexia Foundation
£39,000	29/05/2014	The charity provides a wide range of services which enable equality for dyslexic adults in learning, employment and the community. The grant will support unemployed adults with dyslexia into work and ....more The charity provides a wide range of services which enable equality for dyslexic adults in learning, employment and the community. The grant will support unemployed adults with dyslexia into work and to achieve their own outcomes.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

EILEEN FENERTY-LYONS (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chair Person

JOHN MIDDLETON EVERETT Appointed: 2020

JUDE MONK MCGOWAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/04/2000, number: 1080330
Registered at Companies House on 10/09/1999, number: 03839181

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR20: 142 days late, AR16: 68 days late, AR15: 2 days late, AR11: 34 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 366 days late, AR05: 770 days late, AR04: 248 days late,

Main office

MCKENZIE PHILIPS
22 CORONATION ROAD
CROSBY
LIVERPOOL
L23 5RQ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 16 YEARS WHO HAVE DYSLEXIA, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF AND ADVOCACY AND MEDIATION SERVICE, GUIDANCE, INFORMATION, EQUIPMENT AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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