Learning Disability England | Company No. 4233275 | Registered Charity No. 1092587
REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
- 2024 2025
Report from the Learning Disability England Board of Trustees – sharing what Learning Disability England has done this year and how money has been spent.
About Learning Disability England LDE Learning Disability England exists to make life better for and with people with Learning Disabilities and their families. Learning Disability England is bringing people and organisations together to create a movement for change where people with learning disabilities, families, friends and paid supporters come together on an equal basis. F•nlty •MI Irl•nd• Learning Disability England is the member4ed national organisation. Membership is organised into 3 groups of different expenenS or voice groups People with learning disabilities and Self- a(fvocacy organisations; Family and friends and famity carer organisations Paid supporters and partners (indu(5ng peoFAe and organisations working in social care. health, universities. policy or training
CONTENTS PAGE
Welcome from the Co-chairs
What the Report is About
Aims and Objectives of LDE
Membership
How LDE Makes Decisions
The Trustees
The Staff Team
Big Priorities Worked On
What Learning Disability England Did
About The Money
Telephone: 0300 1110444 | Email: info@LDEngland.org.uk | Registered Charity No. 1092587
Welcome to the Annual Report
Standing together is more important than ever.
Many members of Learning Disability England have told us about their life or their work getting harder.
Disabled people are dealing with changes of criteria or rules that make life harder – we hear about community groups closing, social care changing, having less money or other cuts to services like Blue Badge rules.
Organisation members are managing higher costs including changes to National Insurance and lots of uncertainty on other policies.
These challenges are just some of what Learning Disability England has worked with members on or spoken up about in the last year.
Promoting and supporting the work of members is at the heart of what Learning Disability England does.
The times when we come together as members to build strength and connections are the highs for us.
This year that included the Good Lives Manifesto that brought together campaigns, and shared aims. More than 400 members contributed.
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A highlight for us this year was Co Chairing the Learning Disability England conference in March. Nearly 300 people came together to learn, campaign, celebrate and dance.
Thank you from us to all the members of Learning Disability England – there is so much knowledge, skill and creativity across the membership. We are more impressed every year by what we see from members.
Together we are
Sarah Maguire and Jodie Williams Co chairs of Trustees
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What This Is About
This is the Annual Report from the Learning Disability England Trustees
It looks at the year from 1 April 2024 to 31st March 2025.
The report and accounts tell people about the work that Learning Disability England has done.
It also tells people how it has spent the money.
Learning Disability England must publish its report and accounts every year.
This is because it is a registered charity.
The report has been put together by the Board of Trustees of Learning Disability England.
Find out more about the Trustees here
Aims and Objectives of Learning Disability England
Learning Disability England is a membership organisation.
Members can be people with learning disabilities, their families, friends, and paid supporters.
Organisations and groups can be members too.
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Learning Disability England brings together members to:
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learn from each other.
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work out problems.
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be a louder, stronger voice.
Learning Disability England members share the same aims and values.
Members must agree with these aims and values when they join.
Read the aims and values here
Membership
Members work with each other on an equal basis to share knowledge and create a movement for change together.
Members work together to build a world where people with learning disabilities have good lives with equal choices and opportunities as others.
At the end of March 2025 there were a total of 723 members.
This was 171 organisation or group members and 535 individual members.
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This is 40 more members than 31st March 2024.
During the year there were 117 new members and 77 members left.
We do not always get feedback from members who leave but this year the reasons for leaving included:
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"e Stopping membership to save money
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e Organisations closing or merging with another organisation
Membership is organised into 3 ‘voice groups’ - these are the different lived experience of members
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People with a learning disability or self advocacy organisation
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Family or friends of someone with a learning disability and family led organisations
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People in paid or professional roles working with people with a learning disability
ey The Good Lives Framework is one example of how members ideas come together for the same goal.
You can find out more about being a member here
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How Learning Disability England Makes Decisions
Learning Disability England has a Board of Trustees.
The Trustees are responsible for governing the charity.
This means that they make the big decisions.
They make sure Learning Disability England works to the Charity Commission rules and the law.
The Rep Body makes decisions about what members will work on together.
The Rep Body are elected by members to represent them.
There are 12 Rep Body members representing the three different ‘voice groups.
The Rep Body helps make sure Learning Disability England is led by members.
The Trustees 2024-2025
The rules say that the Rep Body choose the Trustees.
This year the Rep Body worked with the Trustees to recruit new trustees. 17 people applied.
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The Rep Body recommended 5 people and the Board confirmed 3 as new Trustees in October 2024.
Parmi Dheensa, Jordan Smith and Kristiina Cooper joined the Board of Trustees.
2 people joined as observers too so they can learn about how the Board works.
In October Debbie Neil stood down as a Trustee after 5 years on the Board.
We thank Debbie for her support and work as a trustee and welcome the new members.
There was an induction plan for each new Board member that included helping them understand:
-their role,
-the law on being a trustee
-how Learning Disability England works
The induction included meeting other trustees, members of the Rep Body and the staff team.
The Staff Team
The Chief Executive works with the Trustees and Rep Body to lead Learning Disability England.
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There is a small staff team of 7 people.
Most of the team work part time and work from home across the country.
Find out about the staff team here
Big priorities Learning Disability England worked on in 2024 - 2025
In 2023 the Rep Body and Trustees worked together on a Big Plan for 2024 - 2029
It says what Learning Disability England will do to make the vision for change happen.
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Read the Vision for Change here
Our Vision for the future is:
Learning Disability England is supporting a powerful movement for change, making sure that people of all ages with a learning disability are treated equally and are living their good lives.
All Learning Disability England’s work aims to move towards the vision.
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The Big Plan says the action Learning Disability England will take and how we will check if we are making a difference.
Read the Big Plan here
There are 3 big priorities Learning Disability England will work on towards the Vision for the Future:
What Learning Disability England did between April 24 – March 25
Informing and supporting members.
We helped the three ‘voice groups’ of our members get the information they needed and also heard from different people about their work or ideas.
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We sent 61 weekly or special information newsletters to 2000 people who are members or part of a member organisation or group.
More than half of those people read the newsletter most weeks.
Learning Disability England shares information on the work of members and partners.
We also celebrate success.
Last year we did this through blogs by members hosted on the website and posts on social media.
There were 53,000 new visits to the Learning Disability England web site in the year.
Learning Disability England helped members respond problems or worries.
An example of this was Summer 2023 when members shared accessible information on the riots or attacks happening in England via LDE so people, families and staff could be informed and supported.
Campaigning and influencing on what matters to people with learning disabilities to help people get a good life.
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We helped members to be heard on consultations which were important to them.
These included:
Consultation on changes to Personal Independence Payments
The Change NHS consultation to make a 10 Year Plan for health services
Members also spoke up on and wrote a report on the changes to how much National Insurance employers pay.
Representing the members
As well as members working together on responses to consultations some members have been part of working groups or meetings to represent other members.
This year this included a member of the Rep Body being part of the group working on the guidance for the Down Syndrome Act.
As well as representatives attending the Social Care All Party Parliamentary Group.
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There were also member representatives on groups working on Continuing Health Care and Checking services with Care Quality Commission.
Members of the Rep Body represented members at 17 different events or meetings.
Representing members' priorities to inform policy and change attitudes.
Good Lives brings together people’s ideas about what is needed for everyone with learning disabilities to be able to live their good life.
It is led by what people with learning disabilities say is important.
It is a vision for change with actions for everyone who wants to get involved, by campaigning or changing how they work now.
This year Learning Disability England worked with members to develop the Good Lives manifesto and to update the Good Lives framework for 2025.
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The Good Lives Manifesto
More than 400 Learning Disability England members were part of making the manifesto.
It is built from a number of campaigns and actions, bringing people and organisations together on what they think are the most important priorities for the next government to take action on to make Good Lives possible.
Members used it to raise what is important to them with politicians before and after the July 2025 elections.
The refreshed Good Lives Framework
In 2024 work started on the update of the Good Lives framework still led by people and families.
This included a joint project with BILD to create the ‘Health for a Good Life’ chapter.
The ‘Six big aims’ set out in the Good Lives Manifesto are part of the refreshed version.
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There are new actions we can work on together as well as new examples of what is possible.
It also includes more focus on including people from minority ethnic back grounds and people with a profound and multiple learning disability.
There is more work to do to be including what matters for a Good Life for everyone.
The framework gives us all ideas and plan to build on in our work or campaigning.
Supporting good practice and finding solutions through the 'voice groups’ working together.
We bring members together to learn from each other or understand new ideas or research together.
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This year we held:
13 members network meetings
28 webinars
More than 1,550 places were used at the meetings.
These meetings were about research findings, information on rights, or members sharing their work.
There were two Learning Disability England conferences in March 2025.
480 people came to the conferences.
The people presenting and attending the conferences were from all parts of the membership.
The conferences were focused on Stronger, Louder, Together: Building Good Lives.
People shared work on
taking action for Good Lives Inclusive Sport and Dance Campaigns, resources and research
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You can find out more and see the recordings here
Learning and supporting partners through projects or research.
Learning Disability England works with partners and members to help them get involved in issues which members think are important.
Learning Disability England is one of six organisations in the Valuing People Alliance.
As one of the members of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, they work with the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, and the UK Health Security Agency.
They help to ensure policies and plans include people with learning disabilities.
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There was also work on:
- Including people in research projects as part of a project called No Research About Us Without Us
Self Advocacy and people being heard
In October 2024 the ‘How we Survive and Thrive’ commission started its work.
How we Survive and Thrive is an inquiry led by and focusing on people with learning disabilities.
It is trying to answer the question:
What needs to happen for people with learning disabilities to be in the best place to survive and thrive if there is another pandemic?
Partnerships are important to Learning Disability England
Most of our work is done in partnership with members or other partners.
JMS Trust is an important partner, and we share a worker with them.
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Learning Disability England is part of different groups and memberships to help members learn about or join in with others work.
This includes Citizen Network and Inclusion Europe. This year w
e joined Inclusion International to strengthen those links.
Risks
The Trustees look at the risks Learning Disability England might face.
Risks are the things that might go wrong.
Then they decide what they can do to make it less likely that these things happen, or to protect Learning Disability England if they do happen.
The biggest risks Trustees have worked on this year are:
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How many memberships are joining or staying part of Learning Disability England
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The economic and political changes that are happening.
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How Learning Disability England can be better at checking what difference it makes (making an impact).
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To try to keep Learning Disability England strong the Trustees decided to:
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Invest in a new system for managing memberships so it is easier to join and help all members renew.
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Keep the Operations Manager role to help Learning Disability England get stronger.
About The Money
The total income for the year was £381,236
Income is the money that came into Learning Disability England.
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£152,780 came from grant funding.
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£131,371 came from membership subscriptions.
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£22,335 came from donations.
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£13,785 came from conferences, workshops, and advice.
Learning Disability England got money for these grants and projects: JMS Trust )
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VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance
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RTR Foundation and Bailey Thomas Foundation
The biggest things Learning Disability England spent money on were:
£218,537 on staff costs
- £52,445 working on projects and events including the annual conference
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The total funds that were brought forward were £231,056.
This means money that Learning Disability England still had money in the bank at the end of the year.
Review of an independent examiner
Each year our annual accounts must be checked by an independent examiner.
An independent examiner is someone who is a qualified accountant and separate from the organisation.
The independent examiner has checked these accounts.
They found that these accounts followed all the rules.
More Information
You can find out more by looking at the website. https://www.learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/
If you have any questions, please email info@LDEngland.org.uk or phone 0300 111 044.
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Report to the Charity Name Learning Disability England trustees/directors/ members of
On accounts for the year 31st March 2025 ended
Charity no.:
1092587
Company no.: 04233275
Set out on pages
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31/03/2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity’s trustees of the Company (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”). In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
The company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to Independent undertake the examination by being a qualified member of teh Chartered examiner's statement Institute of Management Accountants.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that:
•accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; or
- •the accounts do not accord with such records; or
•the accounts do not comply with relevant accounting requirements under section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
- •the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS102).
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October 2018
IER
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Date:
Signed: 25/11/2025 Name: Jasbir Rai Relevant professional CIMA qualification(s) or body (if any): — Address: BVSC Accounting Services, Latham House 33-34 Paradise Street Birmingham, B1 2AJ ee
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
October 2018
IER
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Learning Disability England Statement of Financial Activities incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
| Current year | Current year | Current year | Current year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted & | Restricted | Total Funds | |||
| Desigated | Funds | ||||
| Funds | |||||
| Notes | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | |||
| Income & Endowments | |||||
| Donations | |||||
| Income from charitable activities | 22,335 | - | 22,335 | ||
| Other income | 235, 186 | 62,750 | 297, 936 | 297, 936 | |
| 60,965 | - | 60,965 | |||
| 318, 486 | 62,750 | 381, 236 | 381, 236 | ||
| Total income | |||||
| Expenditure | |||||
| Expenditure on charitable activities | 293, 351 | 62,750 | 356, 101 | 356, 101 | |
| Total expenditure | |||||
| 293, 351 | 62,750 | 356, 101 | 356, 101 | ||
| Net (expenditure) / income for the year | |||||
| 25,135 | - | 25,135 | |||
| Transfers between funds | 11 | - | - | - | |
| Net (expenditure) / income after transfers | 25,135 | - | 25,135 | ||
| Net movement in funds | 25,135 | - | 25,135 | ||
| Reconciliation of funds:- | |||||
| Total funds brought forward | 205, | - | 205, | ||
| Total funds carried forward | 921 | - | 921 | ||
| 231, | 231, | ||||
| The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses in the year. | The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses in the year. | ||||
| 056 | 056 |
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
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Learning Disability England Statement of Financial Activities incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024
| Prior year | Prior year | Prior year | ||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | ||
| Notes | Funds 2024 |
Funds 2024 |
2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| Income & Endowments | ||||
| Donations | ||||
| Income from charitable activities | 12,037 | - | 12,037 | |
| Other income | 226, 187 | 45,330 | 271, 517 | |
| 13,703 | - | 13,703 | ||
| 251, 927 | 45,330 | 297, 257 | ||
| Total income | ||||
| Expenditure | ||||
| Expenditure on charitable activities | 211, 878 | 45,330 | 257, 208 | |
| Total expenditure | ||||
| 211, 878 | 45,330 | 257, 208 | ||
| Net (expenditure) / income for the year | ||||
| Transfers between funds | 40,049 | - | 40,049 | |
| Net (expenditure) / income after transfers | 11 | - | - | - |
| Net movement in funds | 40,049 | - | 40,049 | |
| Reconciliation of funds:- | 40,049 | - | 40,049 | |
| Total funds brought forward | ||||
| Total funds carried forward | 165, | - | 165, 872 | |
| 205, 921 | ||||
| 872 | - | |||
| 205, |
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses in the year. 921
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
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Learning Disability England Registered number: 04233275 Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025
| Notes | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||||||
| Tangible assets | 61 | 364 | ||||
| 1 | - | |||||
| 61 | ||||||
| Current assets | 1 | |||||
| Debt ors | 63,228 | 56,979 | ||||
| Cash at bank and in hand | Cash at bank and in hand | 364,287 | 389,114 | |||
| 427,515 | 446,093 | |||||
| Creditors: amounts falling due | ||||||
| within one year | 10 | (197,070) | (240,536) | |||
| Net current assets | 231,056 | 205,557 | ||||
| Net Assets | 231,056 | 205,921 | ||||
| The funds of the charity | The funds of the charity | |||||
| Unrestricted | funds | |||||
| Designated | Funds | 1 | 231,056 | 188,921 | ||
| Restricted funds | 1 | 3,500 | 17,000 | |||
| 1 | - | - | ||||
| 1 | ||||||
| Total funds | 1 | 231,056 | 205,921 | |||
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The Trustees are satisfied that the charitable company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006. However, in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011, the accounts have been examined by an Independent Examiner.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The Trustees acknowledges their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008).
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 25 November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Sarah Maguire Director and Trustee
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Learning Disability England Notes to the Accounts Statement of Financial Activities
- 1 Accounting policies Basis of preparation
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The reporting currency is £ Sterling.
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:
Plant & equipment
over 4 years
Creditors
Shorttermcreditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the transaction price).
Grant income is deferred if it relates to specific expenditure which has not yet been incurred.This expenditure will be a condition of the grant.
Debtors
Debtorsare measured at their recoverable amount at the balance sheet date.
Financial Instruments
The charity has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. They are recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.
Income
All income is recognised in the statement of financial activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. Donations are accounted for on a receivable basis. Grants are credited to the statement of financial activities when received or receivable whichever is earlier. Where unconditional entitlement to grants receivable is dependent upon fulfilment of conditions within the Charity's control, the income is recognised when there is sufficient evidence that conditions will be met. Where there is uncertaintyas to whether the Charity can meet such conditions the incoming resource is deferred.
Ex pen d itu re
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charityto that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Costs allocated to charitable activities include the direct costs of providing services and running projects.
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Learning Disability England Notes to the Accounts Statement of Financial Activities
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1 Accounting policies (con tinu ed)
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Pensions
Employees of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution scheme. The pension costs represent amounts payable by the charity during the period.
T axa tio n
Thecharity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
Fund Accounting
Unrestricted general funds may be used in accordance with the charity's objects at the discretion of the trustees. Designated funds are amounts set aside by the trustees out of unrestricted general funds for specific future purposes or projects. Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for a particular restricted purpose.
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Learning Disability England Notes to the Accounts Statement of Financial Activities
| 2 | Income | Current year | Current year | Current year | Current year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |||
| 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | ||
| Donations | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Donations | 22 ,33 | 22 ,33 | |||
| Total Donations | 5 22 |
5 22 |
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| Charitable Activities | |||||
| Advice, conferences and training | ,33 5 | ,33 5 | |||
| Membership Subscriptions | 13 ,78 5 | 13 ,78 5 | |||
| Grant Income | 131,371 | 131,37 | |||
| Total Income from Charitable Activities | 90 ,03 0 | 62 ,75 | 1 | ||
| Other Income | 235,186 | 0 | 62 | 152,78 | |
| Interest | ,75 0 | 0 | |||
| Other income | 2,454 | 2,454 297,93 |
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| Total Other Income | 58 ,51 1 | 58 ,51 1 6 |
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| Total Income | |||||
| 60 ,96 5 | 60 ,96 5 | ||||
| 318,486 | 62 ,75 0 | 381,236 | |||
| Prior Year Income | |||||
| Prior year | Prior year | Prior year | |||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |||
| 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | |||
| Donations | |||||
| Donations | 12 ,03 | 12 ,03 | |||
| Total Donations | 7 12 |
7 12 |
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| Charitable Activities | ,03 7 | ,03 7 | |||
| Advice, conferences and workshops | 36 ,97 2 | 36 ,97 2 | |||
| Membership Subscriptions | 131,431 | 131,43 | |||
| Grant Income | 57 ,78 4 | 45 ,33 | 1 | ||
| Total Income from Charitable Activities | 226,187 | 0 | 45 | 103,11 | |
| Other income | 13 ,70 | ,33 0 | 4 13 ,70 |
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| Total Other Income | 3 13 |
271,51 3 13 |
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| Total Income | 251,927 ,70 3 |
45 ,33 0 | 297,257 7 ,70 3 |
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Learning Disability England Notes to the Accounts Statement of Financial Activities
3 Expenditure on charitable activities
| 2025 | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | ||
| Direct expenditure (note 4) | 328,736 | 240,754 | |
| Support expenditure (note 5) | 27,365 | 16,454 | |
| Total | 356,101 | 257,208 | |
| 4 | Direct expenditure on charitable activities | 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ | ||
| Staff costs (note 7) | 218,537 | 171,069 | |
| Conference costs | 18,563 | 13,007 | |
| External project delivery and resource costs | 33,882 | 14,580 | |
| Printing costs | 4,427 | - | |
| Insurance | 5,341 | 5,280 | |
| Marketing and advertising | 4,263 | 245 | |
| Professional fees | 6,214 | 4,425 | |
| Advocate expenses (involvement fees) | 150 | 11,081 | |
| Attendance at events - travel, meals and accommodation | 26,392 | 10,793 | |
| Su bs c ription s | 3,885 | 2,559 | |
| Room hire | 779 | 7,715 | |
| Personal assistant support | 6,303 | - | |
| Direct expenditure | 328,736 | ||
| 240,754 | |||
| 5 | Support expenditure on charitable activities | ||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Administrative overheads | 1,528 | 598 | |
| Accounts support | 8,190 | - | |
| Software | 2,630 | 7,975 | |
| Telephone and internet costs | 1,971 | 799 | |
| Web & CRM development & hosting | 5,697 | 4,940 | |
| Bad debts | 5,356 | - | |
| Bank and payment processing charges | 842 | - | |
| Depreciation | 651 | 352 | |
| 26 ,86 5 | 14 ,66 4 | ||
| Examination fee | 500 | 95 | |
| Governance, training & review | 0 | ||
| Trustee's expenses (note 6) | 84 | ||
| 0 | |||
| 500 | 1 ,79 0 | ||
| Support expenditure | 27 ,36 5 | 16 ,45 4 |
6 Trustees' Remuneration and Benefits
Neither the trustees nor any persons connected with them received renumeration for any for their services. Where claimed, expenses for travel and subsistence are reimbursed. The amount claimed during the period was £Nill (2021: £Nill).
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Learning Disability England Notes to the Accounts Statement of Financial Activities
7 Staff Costs
| 2025 | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | ||
| Salary Costs | 195,012 | 145,617 | |
| National Insurance | 16 ,03 9 | 14 ,02 7 | |
| Pension Costs | 5,297 | 8,671 | |
| Other Costs including Training & Welfare | 2,189 | 2,754 | |
| Total salaries, wages and related costs | 218,537 | 171,069 | |
| The average number of employees during the year was as follows: | |||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Full time equivalents | 6.2 | 5.5 | |
| No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000. | |||
| 8 | Tangible fixed assets |
| 8 | Tangible fixed assets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant and | |||||
| Equipment | |||||
| £ | |||||
| Cost | |||||
| At 1April 2024 | 6,576 | ||||
| Additions during the year | 898 | ||||
| At 31st March 2025 | 7,474 | ||||
| Depreciation | |||||
| At 1April 2024 | 6,212 | ||||
| Charge for the year | 651 | ||||
| At 31st March 2025 | 6,863 | ||||
| Net book value | |||||
| At 1April2024 | 36 | ||||
| At 31st March 2025 | 4 | ||||
| 61 | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| 9 | Debtors | 2025 | 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | ||||
| 54 ,00 1 | 54 ,00 1 | 54 ,47 4 | 54 ,47 4 | ||
| Trade debtors | 9,227 | 2,505 | |||
| Prepayments and accrued income | 63 ,22 8 | 63 ,22 8 | 56 ,97 9 | 56 ,97 9 | |
| Total debtors | |||||
| 10Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 2025 | 2024 | |||
| £ | £ | ||||
| 15 ,97 6 | 15 ,97 6 | ||||
| Trade Creditors | 8,765 | ||||
| Accruals | 1,780 | 62 ,68 1 | 62 ,68 1 | ||
| Deferred Income | 65 ,31 8 | ||||
| Grant & Project Balances | 129,972 | 150,992 | |||
| Other Creditors | 2,122 | ||||
| Total creditors | 240,536 | ||||
| 197,070 |
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Learning Disability England Notes to the Accounts Statement of Financial Activities
10Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (con tinu ed)
Within grant & project balances are amounts received with preconditions attached. These amounts are released into income when the preconditions are met.
This includes restricted funds of: SW Connections: £14,740 MMU Covid Impact research £7,496 BAME Self Advocacy NHSE (Equal Treatment): £23,832 MMU Covid Commission: Prepare to Thrive: £12,200
11Fund Balances
At 31 March 2025, funds are analysed as follows:
| 11Fund Balances At 31 March 2025, funds are analysed as follows: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transfers | |||||
| Net movement | between | At 31 | |||
| At 1 April 2024 | At 1 April 2024 | in funds | funds | March 2025 | |
| Restricted Funds | |||||
| VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance | |||||
| Speaking Up and More | - | ||||
| MMU Covid Impact Research | - | ||||
| MMU Covid Commission: Preparing to Thrive | - | ||||
| Other restricted funds | - | ||||
| - | |||||
| Total Restricted Funds | |||||
| Designated Funds | - | ||||
| Membership administraion and management | |||||
| Membership growth | 10 ,00 0 | 10 ,00 0 | (10,000) | ||
| Unrestricted Funds | 7,000 | (3,500) | 3,500 | ||
| Total Designated and Unrestricted Funds | 188,921 | 38 ,63 5 | |||
| Total Charity Funds | 227,556 | ||||
| Net movements included in the above are as follows: | 205,921 | 25 ,13 5 | 231,056 | ||
| 205,921 | 63 ,77 0 | 231,056 | |||
| Incoming | Resources | Movement in | |||
| resources | expended | f und s | |||
| £ | £ | £ | |||
| Restricted funds | |||||
| VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance | |||||
| Speaking Up and More | 37 ,58 0 | (37,580) | |||
| MMU Covid Impact Research | 3,570 | (3,570) | |||
| MMU Covid Commission: Preparing to Thrive | 9,400 | (9,400) | |||
| Other restricted funds | 12 ,20 0 | (12,200) | |||
| 62 ,75 0 | (62,750) | ||||
| Designated Funds | |||||
| Membership administration and management | (10,000) | (10,000) | |||
| Membership growth | (3,500) | (3,500) | |||
| Unrestricted funds | 318,486 | (279 ,85 1) | 38 ,63 5 | ||
| Total Charity Funds | 381,236 | (356 ,10 1) | 25 ,13 5 |
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Learning Disability England Notes to the Accounts Statement of Financial Activities
11Fund Balances(continued)
At 31 March 2024, funds were analysed as follows:
| Transfers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net movement | between | At 31 | ||||
| At 1 April 2023 | in funds | funds | March 2024 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Restricted Funds | ||||||
| Esmee Fairburn | ||||||
| VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance | - | |||||
| BAME Self Advocacy NHSE (Equal Treatment) | - | |||||
| MMU Covid Impact Research | - | |||||
| NHSE Covid Recovery | - | |||||
| Other restricted funds | - | |||||
| Total Restricted Funds | - | |||||
| Designated Funds | - | |||||
| Membership administration and management | - | |||||
| Membership growth | - | |||||
| Unrestricted Funds | 10 ,00 0 7,000 |
10 ,00 0 7,000 |
||||
| Total Charity Funds | ||||||
| 165,872 | 40 ,04 9 | 40 ,04 9 | (17,000) | 188,921 | ||
| 165,872 | 40 ,04 9 | 40 ,04 9 | 205,921 | |||
| Incoming | Resources | Movement in | ||||
| resources | expended | f und s | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Restricted funds | ||||||
| Esmee Fairburn | ||||||
| BAME Self Advocacy NHSE (Equal Treatment) | 23 ,45 0 | 23 ,45 0 | (23,450) | |||
| MMU Covid Impact Research | 4,550 | (4,550) | ||||
| NHSE Covid Recovery | 14 ,05 0 | 14 ,05 0 | (14,050) | |||
| 3,280 | (3,280) | |||||
| 45 ,33 0 | 45 ,33 0 | (45,330) | ||||
| (211 ,87 8) | ||||||
| (257 ,20 8) | ||||||
| Unrestricted funds | 251,92 | 40 ,04 | ||||
| 7 | ||||||
| 297,25 | 9 | 9 40 |
||||
| 7 | ||||||
| ,04 9 |
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Learning Disability England Notes to the Accounts Statement of Financial Activities
11Fund Balances (con tinu ed)
Restricted Funds Esmee Fairburn Grant to support some of organisational core costs, to help ensure that the needs and wishes of learning disabled people are accurately represented in policy and decision making at national and local level. In addition Esme Fairburn granted LDE an unrestricted Covid response and support grant. This grant which is provided by The Department of Health and Social VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance Care for the purpose of supporting the Health and Wellbeing Programme through facilitating integrated working between voluntary and statutory providers. BILD is the lead organisation on this project and is responsible for liaising and reporting to the funders.
BAME Self Advocacy NHSE (Equal Treatment)NHS England are supporting a project because reports have told them that people with a learning disability from minority ethnic groups do not get equal health care. This project includes aims to empower and support self-advocacy or family led groups to overcome barriers and taboos in relation to speaking up about racism and its impact on access to preventative healthcare and treatment.
MMU Covid Impact Research This grant funds a project researching how the coronavirus pandemic has changed the lives of people with learning disabilities in the UK. Covid Commission: Preparing to Thrive This grant partially funds a Commission on the experiences of people with learning disabilities, their families and supporters during the Covid pandemic. The commission will focus on practical recommendations for the future. Funded by NHS England, this grant funds the development of a NHSE Covid Recovery resource bank open for all self-advocacy groups to use. The resources will focus on easy read material and other tools and information to support people who may have difficulties accessing health services. Other restricted funds Donations from Trusts are classed as restricted to the purpose as determined by the donor. Unrestricted funds These funds are held for the objectives of the charity, and to provide free reserves for future activities, and, subject to charity legislation are free from all restrictions on their use.
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Learning Disability England Notes to the Accounts Statement of Financial Activities 12Related Parties
Sometrusteesare employed by member organsations, membership subscriptions are shown below:
| Organisation | Membership package | Trustee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChoiceSupport | LDE Enhanced member £2,500 | SarahMaguire | |
| SeeAbility | LDE Enhanced member £2,500 | Lisa Hopkins | |
| Jan Walmsley Associates | LDE Basic member £195 | LDE | Jan Walmsley |
| Vibrance | Basic member £995 LDE | Self | Debbie Neill |
| Building Bridges CIC | advocacy member £25 |
LDE | Liz Tilly |
| Future Directions CIC | Basic member £995 | Paula Braynion |
Jan Walmsley Associates left as a member in April 2025, and Debbie Neill resigned as a Trustee in October 2024
13Ultimate Controlling Party
The charity is wholly under the control of the board of Trustees.
14Status of the Charitable Company
The charitable company is limited by guarantee and does not have share capital. The registered office is 134 C/O Anthony Collins Solicitors, Edmund Street, Birmingham, England, B3 2ES.
Its principal activities are the relief of people who are disabled, handicapped (whether physically or mentally) or chronically sick people, their families and carers in particular through the provision of advice, counselling, workshops, training, and advocacy in respect of their housing care or support needs.
The liability of members is limited but is not exceed £1 per member.
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