Waltham Forest Dyslexia Association

Analysis

Waltham Forest Dyslexia Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Waltham Forest Dyslexia Association reported income of £36k and spending of £39k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £66k to £36k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Waltham Forest Dyslexia Association sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Free Uniforms for School (Fuss) (£36k), Wraxall Charities CIO (£36k) and Mynyddygarreg Welfare Hall (£36k).

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.