The Society for Neurodiversity
Charity number 1191854
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 August 2025
The Society for Neurodiversity
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025
| Contents | Page |
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| Trustees' report | 2 to 3 |
| Examiner's report | 4 |
| Receipts and payments account | 5 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 6 |
| Notes to the accounts | 7 to 8 |
Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
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The Society for Neurodiversity
Trustees' report for the year ended 31 August 2025
Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: Name Position Dates
Liane Langdon Craig Dean Christopher Fry Ian Burgess Nadine Rooney Chloe Haigh Alison Moreton Allan Howarth
Chair
Appointed 22 September 2025 Resigned 18 August 2025 Appointed 20 September 2024 Resigned 22 September 2025 Appointed 20 September 2024 Appointed 20 September 2024 Appointed 20 September 2024
Charity number
1191854
Registered in England and Wales
Registered and principal address
Bankers
Voluntary Action Calderale The Co-Operative Bank plc 8b Hall Street P.O. Box 251 Halifax Skelmersdale HX1 5AY WN8 6WT
Independent examiner
Rhys North ACA West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
Structure, governance and management
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) association formed on 16 October 2020 and is governed by a constitution, as amended 26 April 2021.
Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
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The Society for Neurodiversity
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 August 2025
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects
To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society, in particular but not exclusively by:
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Raising public awareness of the issues affecting neurodivergent people, their parents and carers, both generally and in relation to their social exclusion;
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Providing workshops, forums, advocacy and general support; and
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Providing a range of activities and opportunities for neurodivergent and neurotypical people.
For the purpose of this clause 'socially excluded' means being excluded from society, or part of society, as a result of being neurodivergent, and those affected by these differences such as their parents and carers.
Public benefit statement
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the promotion of social inclusion.
Achievements and performance
The website was updated as per the audit and resources were developed to help people to navigate the NHS and Right to Choose to help people to access an autism and/or ADHD assessment.
The charity also undertook a review of its form and constitution and developed a plan to make reforms to better align the form to the purpose and intent of the charity during the subsequent period.
Financial review
The net receipts for the year were £71,596, including net receipts of £116 on unrestricted funds and net receipts of £71,480 on restricted funds.
Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £4,540.
The charity does not have a reserves policy but the trustees are planning to develop one in the coming year.
Approved by the board of trustees on 24/6/26
Liane Langdon (Trustee)
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The Society for Neurodiversity
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Society for Neurodiversity
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 August 2025, which are set out on pages 5 to 8.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
Rhys North ACA
24/6/26
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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The Society for Neurodiversity Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 August 2025
| Notes 2025 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Grants and donations (2) 750 Other income 79 Total receipts 829 Payments IT and web costs 83 Professional fees 129 Marketing - Website development - Insurance 340 Consumables - Virtual office 90 ICO 47 Membership - Room hire 15 Bank charges 9 Total payments 713 Net receipts / (payments) 116 Fund balances brought forward 4,424 Fund balances carried forward (3) 4,540 |
2025 Restricted funds £ 79,000 - 79,000 4,152 - - 3,368 - - - - - - - 7,520 71,480 8,322 79,802 |
2025 Total funds £ 79,750 79 79,829 4,235 129 - 3,368 340 - 90 47 - 15 9 8,233 71,596 12,746 84,342 |
2024 Total funds £ 8,111 - 8,111 4,514 - 350 180 340 151 90 35 30 - - 5,690 2,421 10,325 12,746 |
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The Society for Neurodiversity Statement of assets and liabilities
| as at 31 August 2025 2025 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 4,540 Total cash funds 4,540 Debtors and prepayments Prepayments Liabilities Accruals |
2025 Restricted £ 79,802 79,802 |
2025 Total £ 84,342 84,342 2025 £ 1,092 1,092 2025 £ 660 660 |
2024 Total £ 12,746 12,746 |
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The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 24/6/26
Liane Langdon (Trustee)
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The Society for Neurodiversity
Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 August 2025
1 Accounting policies
Basis of accounting
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
Taxation
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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The Society for Neurodiversity
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 August 2025
| **2 ** | Grants and donations | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | |
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | |||
| funds | funds | funds | funds | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| The Tudor Trust | - | 79,000 | 79,000 | - | ||
| Community Foundation for Calderdale (CFFC) | - | - | - | 6,000 | ||
| Other donations | 750 | - | 750 | 2,111 | ||
| 750 | 79,000 | 79,750 | 8,111 | |||
| **3 ** | Restricted funds | Balance b/f | Incoming | Outgoing | Transfers | Balance c/f |
| CFFC Windfarm | £ 7,720 |
£ - |
£ - |
£ - |
£ 7,720 |
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| The Tudor Trust | 602 | 79,000 | 7,520 | - | 72,082 | |
| 8,322 | 79,000 | 7,520 | - | 79,802 | ||
| Fund name | Purpose of restriction | |||||
| CFFC Windfarm | To run online workshops for neurodivergent people with a focus on supporting | |||||
| The Tudor Trust | To fund licence and subscription coordinator. them when applying for Personal |
fees, website costs and a volunteer Independence Payments. |
4 Related party transactions
Trustee expenses
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
Trustee remuneration and benefits
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
Other transactions with trustees or related parties
| Other transactions with trustees or related parties Mark Bulmer Spouse of charity's CEO Website development fees Name of trustee or related party Relationship to charity Description of transaction |
2025 £ 3,368 3,368 |
2024 £ - - |
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The Society for Neurodiversity
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Society for Neurodiversity
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 August 2025, which are set out on pages 5 to 8.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
Signed: …………………………………… Name: Rhys North ACA
24/6/26
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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