## Dyspraxic Me Registered Charity, No: 1175961 

Trustees Annual Report and Statement of Financial Activity For the year ended 30 June 2025 



## Contents 

## **1 Reference and Administration Details** 

1.1 Charity Name & Registration 

- 1.2 Charity’s Address 

1.3 Names of the Trustees Who Manage the Charity 

1.4 Names of Advisors & Senior Members of Staff 

1.5 Bank 

## **2 Structure, Governance & Management** 

2.1 Type of Governing Document 

2.2 Charitable Objects 

2.3 Trustee Selection Methods 

## **3 Activities** 

3.1 Statutory Declaration 

## **4 Achievements & Performance** 

4.1 Outputs and Outcomes for the Charity’s Beneficiaries 

4.2 How the Public Have Benefitted. 

4.3 Contributing to Activities Run by Other Organisations 

4.4 Trustee Development 

## **5 Financial Review** 

5.1 Details of Any Funds Materially in Deficit 

5.2 Policy on Reserves 

5.3 Principal Sources of Funding and Outgoings 

5.4 Remuneration of Trustees 

5.5 Financial Status 

5.6 Statutory Statements on Liabilities 

## **6 Statement of Financial Activity** 

6.1 Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts 

6.2 Receipts & Payments Accounts for the Financial Year Ended 30-Jun-23 

6.3 Notes to the Accounts 



## 1 Reference and Administration Details 

## 1.1 Charity Name & Registration 

Dyspraxic Me is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registration number: 1175961, registered with the Charity Commission on 28 November 2017. 

## 1.2 Charity’s Address 

Melissa Maynard Heritage Ltd.,2 Dryden Close, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9QS 

Email: dyspraxicme@gmail.com Website: www.dyspraxic.me.uk 

## 1.3 Names of the Trustees Who Manage the Charity 

Jessica Starns Angela Kelly Rosemary Richings Daniela Spenippo Daniel Smith (from 3 October 2024) 

## 1.4 Names of Advisors & Senior Members of Staff 

None 

## 1.5 Bank 

Lloyds Bank 57-58 Station Rd, Portslade, Brighton BN41 1DF 

## 2 Structure, Governance & Management 

## 2.1 Type of Governing Document 

Constitution - based on the Charity Commission's model governing document for Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisations. Last amended 28 November 2017. 

## 2.2 Charitable Objects 

As defined in Dyspraxic Me’s constitution, the objects of the CIO are to relieve the needs of people affected by dyspraxia and other learning difficulties by: 

- (a) providing or assisting in the provision of recreational, learning or leisure activities for people affected by dyspraxia and other learning difficulties, in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life; 

- (b) advancing the education of the public in the subject of dyspraxia and other learning difficulties; 

- (c) relieving people with mental health issues associated with dyspraxia and other learning difficulties. 



## 2.3 Trustee Selection Methods 

There must be at least 3 charity trustees. The maximum number of trustees is 12. 

In accordance with the Constitution, Trustees are appointed or re-appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. 

In appointing Trustees due consideration is given to ensuring that the Trustees have, between them, the skills and experience necessary to manage the charity effectively and in accordance with charity law. 

## 3 Activities 

## 3.1 Statutory Declaration 

The Trustees of Dyspraxic Me confirm that they have paid due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake. 



## 4 Achievements & Performance 

## 4.1 Outputs and Outcomes for the Charity’s Beneficiaries 

|**Date**|**Title**|**Number of**<br>**attendees**|
|---|---|---|
|Wednesday 11<br>October|Book reading by Rosemary Richings|14|
|Saturday 14 October|Conversation with The Black Dyspraxic<br>and Dyslexic|13|
|Saturday 25<br>November|Christmas crafting|5|
|Saturday 24<br>February|Dyspraxia, craft and our environment (PhD<br>research)|4|
|Saturday 23 March|Visit to London Zoo|4|
|Saturday 27 April|TRX training|3|
|Saturday 1 June|Cooking class|8|
|Saturday 22 June|Annual picnic|7|
|Saturday 6 July|Spin class|4|
|Saturday 10 August|Spin class|3|
|Thursday 19<br>September|Spin class|6|
|Thursday 4 October|Spin class|4|
|Thursday 9 October|Fitness & dyspraxia talk|17|
|Thursday 17<br>October|Spin class|2|
|Thursday 31<br>October|Spin class|1|
|Thursday 14<br>November|Spin class|2|
|Thursday 28<br>November|Spin class|8|
|Thursday 28|Winter social|10|





|November|||
|---|---|---|
|Thursday 12<br>December|Spin class|1|
|Thursday 23<br>January|Spin class|5|
|Thursday 6 February|Spin class|4|
|Tuesday 13 May|Spin class|0|
|Tuesday 27 May|Spin class|1|
|Tuesday 10 June|Spin class|1|
|Tuesday 24 June|Spin class|0|
|Tuesday 8 July|Spin class|0|
|Tuesday 22 July|Spin class|2|
|Tuesday 5 August|Spin class|Cancelation due to<br>illness|
|Saturday 16 August|Annual picnic|9|
|Tuesday 19 August|Spin class|2|
|Tuesday 2<br>September|Spin class|2|
|Tuesday 30<br>September|Spin class|3|
|Monday 6 October|Dyspraxia Awareness Week: panel talk|18|
|Tuesday 14 October|Spin class|4|
|Tuesday 28 October|Spin class|2|
|Tuesday 11<br>November|Spin class|2|
|Tuesday 25<br>November|Spin class|1|
|Saturday 6<br>December|Social event|5|
|Tuesday 9<br>December|Spin class|2|





## 4.2 How the Public Have Benefitted. 

The events outlined have been varied in nature and location allowing Trustees to collect valuable feedback in order to plan the delivery of future initiatives and experiences for future stakeholders and beneficiaries. 

## 4.3 Contributing to Activities Run by Other Organisations 

Not applicable. 

## 4.4 Trustee Development 

All new trustees completed a full induction that covers key issues for Dyspraxic Me including safeguarding, GDPR, Equality Act and the social model of disability. 

Trustees are encouraged to participate in development opportunities as and when appropriate. 

## 5 Financial Review 

## 5.1 Details of Any Funds Materially in Deficit 

The charity has no funds which are materially in deficit. 

## 5.2 Policy on Reserves 

- The Charity’s policy on reserves is to generate and maintain a balance which is sufficient: a) to preserve the financial viability of the Charity in the event that unforeseen and/or unavoidable circumstance precipitate a short-term fall in its income; 

   - b) to enable the Charity, in the interests of meeting its objectives, to undertake from time to time the setting up of new and innovative projects on a pilot basis to demonstrate the viability and potential benefits of such activities as a precursor to securing the external funding necessary to maintain such projects on an on-going basis. 

## 5.3 Principal Sources of Funding and Outgoings 

The principal source of funding for activities for Dyspraxic Me this year was a grant received from The National Lottery/Sports England in the previous year.  Additionally, funding was via donations from attendees to events and the wider public as well as an unrestricted donation of £2000 from Postcode Lottery.  The sum of £500 was awarded by the Cooperative Group towards the project of cooking classes to be delivered in the next financial year.  A modest sum was collected from cashback site easyfundraising. 

The principal outgoings for Dyspraxic Me are the costs to run sessions, including paying facilitators for particular sessions; insurance and administrative costs for the charity address. 

## 5.4 Remuneration of Trustees 

All Trustees act in a voluntary capacity and receive no remuneration or other material benefits from their services to the Charity. 



Out-of-pocket expenses necessarily and reasonably incurred by Trustees in promoting the purposes of Dyspraxic Me are reimbursed at cost. 

During the year of this report nothing was paid in expenses to trustees. 

## 5.5 Financial Status 

Though modest, Dyspraxic Me’s current resources from previous unrestricted donations are more than sufficient to meet its outgoings for at least next year. 

All the indications are that this will remain the case for the foreseeable future and trustees are actively pursuing further grant funding and donations. 

## 5.6 Statutory Statements on Liabilities 

The Trustees declare that: 

- The charity has given no guarantees where potential liability under the guarantee is outstanding at the date of this statement (eg: any outstanding/ongoing contract or legal undertaking to buy or provide specific services); 

- The charity has no debt outstanding at the date of this statement which is owed by the CIO and which is secured by an express charge on any assets of the CIO (eg: a mortgage on property owned by the charity); 

Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf, 



Angela Kelly, Trustee, 3.2.26 

Jessica Starns, Trustee, 3.2.26 

## 6 Statement of Financial Activity 

## 6.1 Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts 

Dyspraxic Me is not required to have the accounts independently examined as per Charity Commission guidance as the income is under £25,000. 

6.2 Receipts & Payments Accounts for the Financial Year Ended 30Jun-24 


**Section A Receipts and** 



|**payments**|**payments**|**payments**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**|
||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||
|Donations|297|**-**|**-**|297|104|
|Grants|2000|500|**-**|2500|6500|
|Easyfundraising|15|-|**-**|15|0|
|**_Sub_**<br>**_total(Gross_**<br>**_income for_**<br>**_AR)_**|2312|500|**0**|2812|6604|
|||||||
|**A2 Asset and**<br>**investment**<br>**sales, (see**<br>**table).**||||||
|**None**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**0**|**0**|**0**|**0**|**0**|
|||||||
|**_Total_**<br>**_receipts_**|2312|**500**|**0**|2812|6604|
|||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||
|Administration|16|**-**|**-**|16|16|
|Session Costs|-|281|**-**|281|1490|
|Insurance|168|**-**|**-**|168|96|
|Website|43|**-**|**-**|43|-|
|**_Sub total_**|227|**281**|**0**|508|1601|
|||||||
|**A4 Asset and**<br>**investment**<br>**purchases,**<br>**(see table)**||||||
|**None**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_**|**0**|**0**|**0**|**0**|**0**|
|||||||
|**_Total_**|227|281|**0**|508|1601|





|**_payments_**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||
|**_Net of_**<br>**_receipts/(pa_**<br>**_yments)_**|<br><br>2085|**219**|**0**|2304|5003|
|**A5 Transfers**<br>**between**<br>**funds**|**0**|**0**|**0**|**0**|**0**|
|**A6 Cash**<br>**funds last**<br>**year end**|**0**||**0**|0|5003|
|**_Cash funds_**<br>**_this year_**<br>**_end_**|<br> <br><br>2085|**219**|**0**|2304|5003|
|||||||
|||||||
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**<br>**the end of the period**||||||
|**Categories**|**Details**||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash**<br>**funds**|Bank Balance||2312|500|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**_Total cash funds_**||2312|500||
||(agree balances with receipts and<br>payments account(s))|||||
||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
||**Details**||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other**<br>**monetary**<br>**assets**|None||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||||
||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B3**<br>**Investment**<br>**assets**|None|||**-**|**-**|
|||||||
||**Details**||**Fund to which**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**|



|**_payments_**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||
|**_Net of_**<br>**_receipts/(pa_**<br>**_yments)_**|<br><br>2085|**219**|**0**|2304|5003|
|**A5 Transfers**<br>**between**<br>**funds**|**0**|**0**|**0**|**0**|**0**|
|**A6 Cash**<br>**funds last**<br>**year end**|**0**||**0**|0|5003|
|**_Cash funds_**<br>**_this year_**<br>**_end_**|<br> <br><br>2085|**219**|**0**|2304|5003|
|||||||
|||||||
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**<br>**the end of the period**||||||
|**Categories**|**Details**||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash**<br>**funds**|Bank Balance||2312|500|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**_Total cash funds_**||2312|500||
||(agree balances with receipts and<br>payments account(s))|||||
||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
||**Details**||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other**<br>**monetary**<br>**assets**|None||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||||
||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B3**<br>**Investment**<br>**assets**|None|||**-**|**-**|
|||||||
||**Details**||**Fund to which**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**|





|||**asset belongs**||**(optional)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**B4 Assets**<br>**retained for**<br>**the charity’s**<br>**own use**|None||**-**|**-**|
||||||
||**Details**|**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B5**<br>**Liabilities**|None||**-**||



## 6.3 Notes to the Accounts 

## a) Accounting Policies 

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 Section 133, using the Receipts and Payments basis available to small charities and the charity’s own Simple Accounts Spreadsheet. 

- b) Reimbursement of Out-of-Pocket Expenses 

Out-of-pocket expenses incurred necessarily, reasonably and incidentally in the course the charity’s activities are reimbursed at cost. 

No Trustees received any reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses in the financial year. 

- c) Salaries & Professional Fees 

No trustee receives any payments for the services they provide to the charity. 

In the current financial year the charity employed no staff or external contractors. 

- d) Fixed Assets 

The charity has not purchased or disposed of any fixed assets in the current financial year. 

- e) Creditors & Debtors 

Cheques for goods or services purchased, or invoices for goods or services delivered, which are issued prior to the end of the financial year but not appearing in the end of financial year bank statement are reported as outstanding creditors or debtors respectively. 

- f) Rounding Discrepancies 

   - All amounts are recorded to the penny, but in these accounts are shown as digitally rounded to the nearest pound. This can occasionally result in a total apparently not being the sum of its constituent amounts. All individual amounts, and their totals, are nevertheless correct.