BRITISH DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

James Cowper Kreston Audit

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. BRITISH DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION · parent
   1. B.D.A (Initiatives) Limited 100% · UK · non-charitable trading activities to raise funds for the Charity

Significant events

• “Following three years of operating deficits, we undertook a careful restructure of the organisation to reduce our ongoing costs and protect our ability to deliver our core charitable objectives.”
• “This year also marked a leadership transition for the BDA. We extend our sincere thanks to Chivonne Preston for her dedication and steady leadership during her time with us. We now warmly welcome Ellen Broomé, whose experience and insight will help guide our next phase of ambitious growth.”
• “The launch of Jamie Oliver's campaign - calling for better identification and support for children with dyslexia in schools - has already helped bring these issues into the spotlight.”
• “We printed the final edition of Contact Magazine, our members' publication, in September 2024 and will transition to a digital newsletter in 2025.”
• “A redundancy programme was carried out in December, after careful review or our charitable activities and future sustainability. This restructure will reduce salary costs for 2025-26 onwards.”
• “Unrestricted reserves at 31 March 2025 were £186k (2024: £543k) which is below the target level. A review of the organisational structure was carried out in the latter half of the year, resulting in a redundancy exercise and streamlining of service; enabling charitable objectives to be met whilst reducing cost.”
• “A change to our Articles of Association in the year has resulted in the disbanding of a number of committees and boards including the Accreditation Board.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +5.9%

  £2,061,615 → £2,182,339

• Cash

  -51.4%

  £1,019,042 → £495,446

• Net assets

  -47.4%

  £688,504 → £362,164

• Employees

  +2%

  51 → 52

• Wages

  +5.8%

  £1,426,579 → £1,509,710

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers