The British Dyslexia Association

Analysis

The British Dyslexia Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in February 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01830587). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The British Dyslexia Association reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.5m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.2m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The British Dyslexia Association sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Liberty Jamboree (£2.2m), Northumbria Calvert Trust (£2.2m) and The Apuldram Centre (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, donations and legacies 6.7%, trading 3.8% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £17k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 4.6%. Reserves of £186k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 52 people.

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.