Registered Charity Number
1032678
National Association of Professionals
Concerned with Language Impaired Children
(NAPLIC)
Report and Unaudited Accounts
31 December 2025
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aGcounianis
Incorporating P&W Social Accountants

d farv•w oflh sl*olaif8N501 thecharty a5 81 the end oltt*rfflarKIa￿¥Thfj ord•fi¢il
eharity. In pr•wng Ihoso 51alBmwlS IhF Bo￿￿ 15 Teg*¥d to..
. makeludgoments8nd estimale5 that rEayJr*lo aThJ a¥J
(gjnttnue In t￿￿ne58.
8a•l& ol Irthpend•nt uamln•fs thi•m•ni
kncludg¥ a ￿¢wof1￿1 ¥xounUng rn¢i¥d$loFI bytt* charityand a oflhe ￿￿JnIS pr8serrted *llh thosg
W80yd5. 118150 Inla￿& conshjerntknn ofany it8m5 ordi%L*JwJr8s In the arxwThts. arvj 5e8king ￿Planat￿5
tsust8es 0)n￿1r￿j ￿Y SLKh m8lleTr. The whrtak•nthnol provkl& al thD Bthce
b• rnqulrod In an and ccfflsewenty r#J Is as to *hEthwthe au)Jwts Frfg8enta arKI talrfvithy
and the rwort b lknited to IP*)$0 mattels set tha slalw•*bdw.
Ind•p•nd•nt•x*nlneV8slat•rn•nt
In. arry matewial wespecl. th8 rewlrMwts'.
MrR8W•khMA
P&W Sotyl Att£wntants
10 N8wRnl Road
NorthfEkf
85m￿n9h8rn
831 2ED
Dale.. *h May 2026

NAPLIC
Tho roport of the trustees forthe ygar•nded 31 tlecember 2025
Introductlon
The trLL8tees present their annual rep￿l and ac￿￿nts the year ended 31st December 2025.
Legal and Admlnlstratlve Delalls
The National Assoclatlon of Professionals c￿￿errEd L￿uage Inyired Chlb*en (NAPLIC c
Charlif) was created und8r a Consti￿tIOn adcoied 6th November 1993 and was reglsiered wtth
the Charity Cornmiss￿ on 7th February 1994 under registration number 1032678.
The Charity Is administered by a comnwttee of Tn
Derek Burgon
Frances Prattent
Sarah Earl
Stephen Parsons
Carolyn Gelenter
Cheryl Dyer
vtctoria W8dsvKKth
Mary-Jo Speary
Kara Gourlay
Lesley Ch￿lMan
Objectlves and ￿tIVitIeS of the Charity
Th8 chariws principle acliwtses are to p￿￿nOte arKI develop wofessio￿l awaren￿ of the spe¢l81
educaltonal needs of laryuage iThyired chik*en.
Summary ofihe maln achlov•m•nts oftho ¢hwity during th• y•ar
NAPLIC ha3 conlinued to prowts membw5 *ith 3 n8%•sl&tters a y and regularfy wdated infonnation
on the website.
The 2025 NAPLIC Conference tocl¢ place in BrmY#Jh￿ M 29h March. Oro again. the NAPLIC
conference showed the power of getting people in a room logelher and sharing vie￿. stories and
information.Whlst for several years we have had people with fved expBrierKe of DLD speak at
conf8rences, this year dso saw lived experience b8ing mor8 prominent in both praclitloner and
research pr&s￿latI)n$. A video of t￿￿trance is avala14e to purchase our ￿*bsite.
Through out th• y8ar ￿ have also:
- Submittod an official repon¥e to the SEND White Paper.
- Provlsh)n 0f￿uma1 dub for Developmentsl Language Disorder (DLD) arKI Speech, Larouage and
Communication needs (SLCNI in partnership V*ith Chkl Language TeachiTrJ and Therapy.
- Continued to deliver our NAPLIC CPD OPFKKlunities too *ith spe¢iali5t teacher. DLD diagnostics and

NAPLIC
The report of the trustees for tho year ended 31 Dewnber 2025
SLCN provision nelworks.
Future Plan$
NAPLIC nev￿10118r$ continue to be pr￿jU￿1 on a tormty tjasis.
The 2026 conference wil be called"Devdopmenlal Language t)iscrts DLD: Research, Practice and
Lived Experience ' and VAI take place on 9th May atThe Studio in BlmilThJham.
NAPLIC will continue to ewage ¥stylh Ihe cOnsultatK￿ Pro(￿ to Ihat the voices and neets of
children OLD and their familes are at the he*1 ofthe SEND refomis.
Stru¢ture, Govémanc8 and Management
Nalure of the Governing Document and consfltudon of the ¢hwity
The Charity was creatod under a constittjtion adopled 6th November 1993. In settlrKJ the obiectives and
planning activibes. ts trustees have given carelul c¢Msidernt#)n to the Charity Commission's guidance
on public benefiL
The metlhxts adopted for the raCnth￿?nd appolnthxnt of new truslees
The Trustees sit as a Board on a regular bass
The Board seeks to use the knthvkdge and thlls of invofved. On their appointrnent each truslee
11 undergo iThjuC￿n and niknal training on NAPLIVS th. P￿l¢le5 and pro￿lUreS as wel as trustee's
rwjhts and responsibitities. Fwther trairry ￿r￿rtaken by tr￿1885 on a n881ts b85iS.

NAPLIC
The report of the tTUSteos for tho yw ended 31 Decembar 2025
Flnancial Revlew
Poli¢les on reserv•s
The reserves that we have set asi* provide fin￿la1 stabilty a means for the maintenance or
development ofour pmcipa acti?￿￿￿. We kntend to maintain our reserves at a level of up to £30.000.
This figure is based upon-
- Our annual running ¢c6ts.
- The cost of running an annuai Gonfwence.
- Possible spending on projects.
We intend to use reserves forthe IMrpos8s ot.
- To ensure continuity in Ihe gv8nt of a variati{￿ in income for examplo from a drop in memb8r5hip.
- Coverlng specific liabilities for examF48 a * def￿4t in confer8[￿e mcome.
- To pay for swffic future projects.
- Spendlng on unf￿een emwyKi#.
The NAPLIC Committee meet up lo four l#mes a par and ￿e￿eW th8 am(yJnl wi reserrfe lo ertsure
that It Is adequate lo fulfi our c<￿1￿1￿j ot&gatKM)s.
Thé reserve policy wil also be revimd at ew Annual General MwthYJ and note Ihat the level of
reserves currently exceeds OLK 5tsted pow.
In¢emal Control & Risk Management
The trustees ae responsible for the intemal eonlrols, and revi￿ them on an annual basls. They also
tively review the major rrsks vknich the thaiity faces. and re¥￿W them on a regular basis.
Transactlons and FlnanGialpcsil
The Stalement of Firwicial Acllvities net irKomiro res￿rr*S forthe year of£35.193 (prlor year.
£40,614).
The total resen￿S al the year end of 31 December 2025 stand al £131,685 {wior year. £129.218).
Restricled reseThes at the year end stand at £1.924 (prNx year. £1.924).

NAPUC
The report of Ihe Irustees forthe yew end•d 31 Doc•mkn2025
Independent Examln•r
Mr R 8 Welch MA
Rgtired Chartered Acc(yJntant
P&W Social Accountants Lld
10 Newenl Road
Northfield
Bimiingham
8312ED
Bank
Lloyds TSB
St Marys Place
162 Northumberland Street
Newcasd6 Upon Tyne
NE17PR

NAPLIC
Tho report ofthe trustees for tho year ended 31 Decern￿ 2025
Statement of Dlrectors. T￿￿te*s. Responslbllltles
The Charilles Act require the Board ofTrustees to prepare financial ststeThwts for each financial year
which givè a true fair wew of the stale of affars of the charty a5 at th9 end of Iha financial year
and of the SUrp￿S or def￿11 of the ¢hwty. In preparing those financial staternBnts the Board is requlr8d
. select suitable acCC￿nt￿lg policies and then aFVty them C￿SIst9n11Y.
- make judgemenls and estimates that are reasonable and prudent: and
- Prepare the financial statements on the ￿nCern basis unless it is
inappropriate lo presume th8t Ihe tstty will continue in busnes5.
stsle whether applicable accounbng standards and slatements of
recommended practic8 have been followed . subjeci to any material
departures drsck)sed arKI 8]￿ned in the finarthl slatements.
The Trustees ar8 also re5pons4j￿ for maintalnlng adeq￿19 accountiThJ ￿rdS which disclose
vith reasonable accuracy al any time the financAal position of the charity and ￿lch are sufficient
to show and eX￿aIn the charitys transact*￿$ arbj enable them to ertsu￿ that the finanual
statements cxJmrAy with regulations made under chari￿$ Act. They are also ￿SPOnsible for
safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence reasonable steps for the prevenlion
and delecuon ot fraud and other irregularitie&
The truslees are also responsible f￿ Ihe contents ofthe trustees. repcrt the resp(msibility of the
independent examiner in rdation to the trustees. report is limiied to examining the report and ensuring
that, on the face of tho report. there are no inccttisthncies knith figures disch)sed in the fmncial
statement
Mgthod of pr•paratioD of accourbts
These accounts have been wepared M acccrfdartt pThrysw)ns apF4icablg lo companie5 Subject
lo the small companies regime Part 15 Companies Act 2016, in accordance with Ihe FIn￿CIal
Reporting Standard for Smaller entitie5 effective January 2016 The Slatgment of Recommended
Practice forAccounting aTrJ Reporlry ty ￿arIlle$ (ts 2019 SORP).
This repcyt Wds approved by the board of trustees on 91h May 2028
D Buryon
Treasurer

Siat•m•nt of FIn￿¢Val Actlvltlos
tor thè y•ar •nd•d 31 0•um￿r 2025
Fu
Fund$
Funds
Fund5
2025
2025
2024
In¢omlrtg r•8ourc•s
Incom• from
Chantsble athities
S1593
3ZS93
2,6
38.714
Toial Incomlng rq#owc•s
34193
35.193
40.614
Resour￿ expwd8d chartlale
32,726
32,070
T<>tal mourc•s •xp•nd•d
31726
32,070
m(•v*m8nt In funds
2,467
2.467
R•concllbatlon of funds
127,291
1.924
129,218
118.750
Funds carrS•d forwanl
129.761
131.685
127.294
The nel movement in ftJnd5 refeThed lo di￿ is the net Irr￿1[￿j re%>vrces as defmed SORP and 1$ 10
tha thtal r￿d$ As shawn li I￿ Baance Shaet As requ￿1#1 by th• SORP 4.60.

NAPLIC
Balance Sheet
as at 31 December 2025
2025
2024
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
132.665
130.163
132.665
130.163
Current Ilabilitles
Creditor5 due wthin one year
(980)
1945)
(980)
{945)
Net assets
131,685
129.218
The funds ofthe charity..
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
129.761
1,924
127.294
1,924
Total charlty funds
131,685
129,218
This report was approved by board of trustees on May 2026
D Burgon
Treasurer

NAPUC
Not•s to lh• Aecow
Forthe ￿81 8ndgd 31st Dfjcambor 2025
G•n•r•l Inforni•tbon
NAPLIC is a charity rwslwed •vJ Ils pr4tyl Is lo and d•vèltsp prolessional
awareness of the special edu(*onal n•4d5 01 Inyaked d￿. Thg Q￿lact Addrnss ig 32 ￿ Road,
Wall8end. NE28 OLY.
2 AccounUJvJ Pollcl
Bas15 of 4c¢ountlng pollcl•s
The fina￿481 stslements of the rharity. wlKh 15 a b￿fil enity urmler FRS 102. hav• beèn prèp8EEd In
arwdance the ChwiliBs SORP IFRS 1fdl'Ac4wniry a￿1 RepOr￿￿j by Chartes: Ststement of
Recommended Pradce appkabk lo clwwrties preparir4J Iheir accujnls in accfKdarts vrilh thè rèvised FinJrtcial
Reporting Standard applrAbl8 Sn tho UK R•pth of Ireland {FRS 102}18ffgCtNe l January 20151..
Ass&ts 118￿111￿$ ats initialy rK4yysed al IMthic•l cosi stathd in thè
relev￿1 accountiThJ polky.
Reportlng curr•ncy
R•v•nu• rncopnftloh
Ineome is ￿CoUrted foron a recdvatle basIs.W￿ I￿￿0 orfftxived thal reknle5 lo 6theq￿nt
R•co9nltlon of Ilabllltl•s
to thot expendilure. r( 15 PrOba￿e that a Iwan51er ￿ec￿￿)mI¢ benefils bts requ¥ed in selM8ment and Ihe arnount
of lh8 obli9ativn ran be meawred relk3bly. ExperdilwB an clwiat4e xtivths Ihe direci costs ol provKI
seNKes Bnd wnning prolecL the conlWe￿e.
D•btorn •nd Pvyym•nls
Trèyg and other debtors arg rw15ed at thp s•lU•m•rt amrth d￿. PreP￿an& ¥¥vthod at Ihe amount
pr￿11 net ol any dISc(￿nts.
Cr•dltors
Creditols we recognised thg ¢hawly h85 a kyes￿l o￿ljatiOn ariwg frorn a pa* evenl that probab
resutt in the transfw oflunds lo a Il*rd paityand Amwl tosettkn can bt rn￿W•d rnlk?L4y.
Taxatlon
Thè charity is exempl from IrK£￿e and lax to the exl•ni ItAi irs wvjme and gains Bre app￿c¥b* lo
Gharitsble purF41SaS onty. V*ug Added Tax ts not rec4Mrth tyth?CCry￿y. •J 15 thwelor• kndud•d In I
1gv¥nl ￿sts in Ihg Stalernent d Flnancial AclpiiR5.
Flnanclaj Instwments
The charity has basic fmancial assets and li*￿118$ ol a kind Ihat as bas￿ financBI in5trumenls. Th8
are Infoally rncc9ni*J al traTrSactK￿ sth4u•nty measured atthgir setUBmenl vakn8.

NAPLIC
Ntsttt to th• Accounts
For the year ended 31# DK•mbèr 2025
3 In¢¢nK• from ¢harllabh aelfvllles
2024
Conlernnce Income
Subscrtp
Ra151ng AwaTrnes5 of DLD Inc(Y
Donotkxs
Interest Received
15.085
11,496
5.057
20.579
11243
5.739
490
663
474
32.593
38.714
R•sourc•s •xp•nd•d on charft4bh aEtlvll
2025
20
CIMrference Costs
Support Costs
TGT Costs
19.543
13.183
21878
9,192
750
32.820
Tnths aro gble Io r8clawn IrBv81 and actswnmtidaii￿ 84J8nses relaknj to *tenthrvJ the conference. Dwing Ihe
year £9)5 was rwmlxThd to 9 Trustee5 {2Q24: £997 to 9 Tws*es1.
5 Sw)port eosts
2025
2024
A¢¢ountancy fees
Prorncrtional matwi
Comnts cnsis
Pay￿1 costs
Ext•m81 M￿tift9 c48ts
Room trlire
Events and Trak
Sundry
Website and ￿ cos15
Ralslng Avrdreness of DLD costs
1.180
1.930
253
216
40
913
2.398
2267
13.183
9.192
Tn￿tee$ are able to redakn travel and Xcc*nmc4lal*￿ eY￿S ID inleFnal and eyaemal meetirvJ8
and any other costs vh4ch they have pa*J on behafof Ihe tharity. fAwirYd £1.666 was Mimbursèd lo 5
TnLsleg$12024: £1.108 to 5 Trus1￿)
6 Trust••4
Tntst•8s rttelv• no rthmunèrntion lorlh8ir $•r￿. daYn•d. èx￿n$*S fwtravel. accommodalh)n N other
costs Incurred on beh*1 ofthe charfty we rthnded. The rnnl datmed in ts perwxl thsd05ed in notes 4 5.
7 Crp(Utor5 duo wlhln one s•ar
2024
Accruals
945
io

NAPLIC
Not¥¥ to thg A¢¢ounis
Forth8 ￿ar endod 31st D•c•mb•r2025
8 Paril¢ulars ol Inthildwql Fund5 and xmlysls ofas8•1s and I￿￿11￿ Trpres•ntkng fvnd¥
At 31 D0￿mb¢r 2025
Unrnstrlcied R•strlct•d
l￿d5
funds
Total
Funds
CuThent Assels
Curr•nt ￿8b￿lI15•s
13J.741
IWJ)
132,665
19801
129.761
131,685
Th• Indl¥ldual funds InEludod abts￿ ar•:.
FuDd¥ at
2025
2024
Fund5
funds
c(thM￿lcOti0n Consth Grarbt
Unreslitlèd Fw
1.W24
119.69J
121.614
1.924
122.157
124.081
2.467
1467
A￿tyS1$ of MI)￿ments kn fi￿d$ as Str￿n In th• tsbl• abov•
Incomlry IXrtgolng Alo¥eJrnnt
In fund•
Communlcallon C(msortlwn Grant
Unreslricted Fund
35.193
35.193
32.726
32.726
2,467
2,467
C¢mmunlcallon Consortlwn Grants prow￿m￿
This pr*c( funded bythe Spcial E[kKa￿l TrLtstts5 f￿Str￿m￿s.
1. Develuplng on]In8 laaffllNJ aL¥Jul D6￿M&*I Olsc*d8r(tLOl fty w0f￿￿*t15.
2. Oevel¢Jping inlonnalon for families ￿ tiD.
3. Creatiry a list ol DLD specialst pro¥isiDn.
4. Cmiiny vidètss ￿ raise aWWe￿$S of DLD.
li

NAPLIC
Not•s to th• A¢eowbts
Forthe ￿al 0nd￿ 31st Dec•mb•r2025
B PartlGular5 of Indmdual Funds and an*ysh of ass•ts and Uabllltlg8 Kepr•s•ntln9 fvnd$
(¢ontlnuedJ
At 31 Dac•mb•r 2024
lJnrn•trfct•d
fvnds
R•5trJ¢t•d
funds
Funds
CuThent Assets
CUTh￿1 Liabilllies
128.239
1945)
1.¥24
130.163
19451
127,294
1,924
129.21e
Tho 1ndM￿al fuThls knclud•d abov• arn:.
FuDds at
2023
mo￿¥￿&nts Trnnsf•Ts
In
Funds
b•low
Funds at
2024
lund9
Communicallon Grnnt
Unre51rfctÉd Fund
2.674
118.7
121.424
17501
1.924
119,690
121.614
1￿1
Analysls of mov•m•nts In funds as SI￿￿￿ In ¢hB lat￿ abo¥•
In¢MIl
fmgolng
R•wur¢•s R•source•
Movoment
In lund¥
(7501
Vnrestrkled FuT¥J
40.614
40.614
39,674
40.424
190
9 Controllng P*ty
The Charly is ￿der the Co￿￿￿ of trb• TnAte•s.