Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults

Analysis

Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in August 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults reported income of £10k and spending of £28k, spending 271% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £18k to £10k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Big Highworth Community Foundation (£10k), Quirky Kids (£10k) and Applewood Foundation for Shared Lives (£10k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.