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2022-08-31-accounts

Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022

Registered charity: 802993 www.wfda.org.uk

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Waltham Forest Dyslexia Association Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022

Patrons
 David McLoughlin
Benjamin Zephaniah
Trustees
Chair: Lois Hood
Vice-Chair: Katherine Hewlett
Secretary:
Siobhan Moore-Lynch
Treasurer:
Elly Pearce
Other trustees: Marcia Brisset-Bailey Liz Gentilcore_(to November 2021)_
Katherine Marshall John McMenemy
Sadia Mirza Carol Newnham_(Safeguarding)_
Staff, Tutors, Support & Bank
Children’s Programme Manager:Karen Sparkes
Class Tutors:
 Dawn Budd Justine Gilbert
Maxine Johnson Rosemary Jolliffe
Kathy Payne Sheena Penfold
Linda Witham
Screening:
 Lois Hood Katherine Marshall
Kathy Payne Elly Pearce
Adult Groups: Marcia Brisset-Bailey Katherine Hewlett
Lois Hood Sadia Mirza
Website:
Jane Walker
Helpline Volunteers: Lois Hood Debra Lewis
Elly Pearce Michelle Rock_(to May 2022)_
Finance Volunteer: David Pearce
Bank: CAF Bank, West Malling, Kent

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Trustees’ Report

INTRODUCTION

This year has been yet another unusual year for WFDA. Restrictions as a result of Covid 19 have been lifted but we have continued to work online both for our children’s classes and for our adult work. We have continued online with the children’s classes mostly because parents/carers have wished to continue in this way but also because our work has developed and some of our families live a good distance from Waltham Forest. Our adult work has stayed online again because many of our adults live outside Waltham Forest.

I want to take this opportunity to thank my fellow trustees, colleagues, staff, volunteers, children and their parents who use our services for their time, dedication, commitment and effort – it’s because of them that WFDA has managed to keep our services running successfully.

WORKING WITH ADULTS

Over this financial year from November 2021 to November 2022, the WFDA has continued to deliver the adult services as a virtual provision on Zoom. When lockdown happened in March 2020, we transferred all adult provision to the preferred virtual platforms of Zoom or Teams. We were successful in receiving funds from The National Lottery Community Fund for £11,000 per year to set up this virtual delivery from February 2022 to February 2024 (£22,000). This is for an Advocacy Programme supporting the mental health of neurodivergent (ND) adults to include screening. This is a partnership project delivered by the WFDA and AchieveAbility (AA). The purpose of the programme is to bring ND people together and build strong relationships in and across communities. And to enable more people to fulfil their potential by working to address issues at the earliest possible stage.

During this financial year the following services have been delivered on a voluntary basis: the helpline and the monthly Adult Meetups and the monthly Advocate talks and screening. The numbers of participants and service users have grown exponentially, and even include national and international attendees for the monthly meetups. People can either regularly attend the sessions or drop into their session of preference. Although this has been delivered on a voluntary basis we are still able to provide our services free of charge, which makes them fully accessible. For all the work, people can be referred to or from our screening service and helpline. We are therefore providing a unique service, which is not replicated anywhere else in the UK. This means we have Zoom sessions happening two times a month. The Adult Meetups are for more formal talks by invited external speakers while the Advocate sessions are a learning platform for the development of soft skills. The

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Adult Meetups have drawn key experts in the field such as Professor Amanda Kirby CEO from “Do It Solutions” and Atif Choudhury CEO from DNA. We would like to thank all our speakers for their time given on a voluntary basis. The full programme can be accessed on this link:

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Advocates have been recruited from our participants who attend the Adult Meetups. There are nine advocates drawn from a wide range of experiences and backgrounds. The gender mix is much more female. Recruitment was about selfadvocacy to the project leader therefore Advocates were accepted on a first come first served basis. All Advocates are assessed as being neurodivergent.

The Advocate programme is the result of our increasingly inclusive approach to actively encourage our participants to deliver a talk and can include an exciting new approach called the “Open Mic” session. All sessions can be recorded with consent and the film is then circulated with any presentation slides. As we have many enquiries for our recordings, these are then transferred to either YouTube or Vimeo. The topics for the Advocates in 2022 are:

13 April Robert lead on "Managing Metal Health"
11 May Becky lead on "My Journey in Managing my Manager"
15 June Sadia lead on "Mindfulness"
13 July Rose lead on "Listening"
19 September Alicia lead on "Managing Inner Emotions"
19 October Maddie lead on "Dealing with Self-Employment"
16 November Linda lead on “Resilience in the Workplace"
14 December Emma leads on “Overcoming addiction and trauma in ND”

Each Advocate is allocated 13 hours for the year to lead on one session, to support one other advocate in their session. To contribute to Zoom discussions, share knowledge and to support other participants at the Zoom talks.

An evaluation meeting was held on 7 August with five Advocates in attendance. The Focus group lasted for one hour and was facilitated by the WFDA Adult safeguarding officer. As a result, the WFDA Adult safeguarding policy has been updated. The evaluation showed the project was meeting the outcomes of the funders, which is to: Involve communities and people from the start, build on strengths, connect with the community.

Advocate Feedback

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Screening is part of the project as we recognise that screening is key to the mental health of neurodivergent adults and therefore is core to our work. We carry out two types of screening. The first is a screening for dyslexia only which is carried out over the phone. Between February and July 2022, we have processed 63 of these.

The second type of screening is in more depth and covers a range of neurodiverse learning differences including dyslexia, ADHD and autism. This type of screening is completed via Zoom. Between February and July 2022, we have processed 21 of these. After the screening participants receive a report of the outcomes and some recommendations for the future.

People who wish to be screened come to us in a variety of ways. With some it is word of mouth with others it is through our adult groups or through social media including our website. Quite a few people come on the recommendation of their GP or another health professional. People who have been screened are invariably very happy with the process. We receive many positive comments which mention how it has helped them understand their learning differences and how it has helped them to move on as they more fully comprehend how to channel these learning differences into a more constructive outcome. Many of our Advocates have been screened by the WFDA and have benefited from this greater knowledge about themselves and their way of thinking.

All Zoom sessions last 1.5 to 2 hours. There is regular attendance of 20-30 neurodivergent adults drawn primarily from London but also from: Scotland, Wales, Southern and Northern England. A Zoom invite is sent out three days before the event to 200 people on the WFDA database. There are flyers for each event, which are posted on the WFDA web site.

We now have a database of over 200 people who have expressed an interest in this provision. In addition, we use Jiscmail, Facebook and Instagram to raise awareness

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of our work. Many participants contact us through word of mouth, our partnerships and through the screening service, which can often be a progression route to our Zoom sessions. The screening can be a powerful experience for our participants as the information revealed means gaining much greater knowledge about who they are.

This work has now generated a WhatsApp group to continue and strengthen these voices for advocacy. In short, we aim to ensure the LivedIn experience is truly supported by positive role models drawn from our ND community.

To support all this the WFDA have set up a Social Media group. The team consists of three trustee members and an associate member who supports the dissemination of this work. In addition, WFDA has taken the opportunity to develop its website. Thank you to Jane Walker who continues to support us very well.

Participant quotes:

‘ Through the adult work I have been able to join the sessions even though I live in Wales. Everyone is 100% friendly and supportive. We share our thoughts on coping and how we have dealt with difficult situations. The group has given me the confidence to celebrate being dyslexic, the skills to work to my strengths. I am not stupid I just see things differently ‘

‘ A fantastic group of people willing to share experience and tips on things that have helped them. So glad I have joined this group. The talks and group discussion are truly inspiring and as a dyslexic person I cannot recommend this work enough ‘

The Adult Services Team includes: - Dr Katherine Hewlett, Lois Hood, Marcia Brissett- Bailey, Sadia Mirza

WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

I am pleased to say that WFDA has come through the challenges posed by the Covid climate. As a charity we continue to provide essential support to children and young people who are dyslexic. Between September 2021 – July 2022 six tutors continued providing excellent literacy and numeracy support classes to over 45 students via the online platform of Zoom. In the past year WFDA has seen children and young people attending tailor made classes that are engaging, fun and extremely supportive to the children and their families. These students come from a range of areas including those living within the borough of Waltham Forest to as far as Norway – such are the benefits of offering an online service.

The tutors at WFDA provide more than literacy and numeracy support, some have been involved with supporting families to secure Educational Health Care Plans

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(EHCP) and other additional resources that have had significant impact on the type of help and intervention these children receive within their schools and in their academic studies. WFDA classes continue to provide that consistent support to children and their families when there are so many changes taking place in their lives and in our global world.

Between June – July 2022 WFDA was able to offer free in person touch typing classes for 5 weeks. These lessons took place at Frederick Bremer school, who kindly let us use their computer room to facilitate the sessions. There was hope that these touch-typing lasses would continue this academic year, however Frederick Bremer is currently reviewing the usage of their building out of normal school hours and as such are closed to external agencies including WFDA for the time being. This means that touch typing classes will be on hold and support classes will have to remain online.

Post Covid, WFDA has seen and continues to see the number of children attending classes who present with mental health challenges increasing, with several of them requiring 1 to 1 support in classes. Thanks to funding from BBC Children in Need some of the tutors were able to participate in a short online taster/introductory programme which aimed to highlight some of the key aspects and principles to support young people with mental health issues. Although the tutors are not mental health specialist or counsellors, their support beyond the academic has been noticeably appreciated and this is largely due to their flexible approach to supporting our young people.

One parent shared the following comment:

“Before WFDA my child spent most of their lesson time feeling terrified and trying to make themself not seen. Their self-esteem was so low. WFDA has enabled them to do the best they can in lessons, and they are [now] confident to speak up and be seen in class”.

It still feels like we are still living in unprecedented times with the current cost of living crisis having an impact on those attending classes and WFDA. Almost a third of students are now in receipt of free or reduced cost literacy and numeracy lessons. Whilst it is good that we can provide this, there is a negative financial impact on WFDA as we continue to see a decline in financial contributions received from families attending classes. WFDA are in the final year of our 3 – year funding from The Three Oaks Trust and Children in Need – therefore the focus now needs to be on securing more funds to ensure the sustainability of children’s classes that is so needed as expressed in the views shared in a survey that I conducted earlier this year.

The survey revealed just how important and effective the WFDA online support classes are to the families, as seen in the following:

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91% of respondents said they had gained increased self -confidence in school as well as generally because of attending WFDA classes, one person stated:

‘ X’s confidence is 100 % improved since lockdown which knocked them back’

When asked how WFDA classes help children with finding strategies they can use to positively engage and participate in the classroom 45% saw a significant increase with the remaining 55% saying that they were starting to see progress in this area.

Quotes from parents / carers:

‘WFDA is a resource that so many families are able to access; families that may not have the financial resources available for tuition. They are able to teach young people the strategies needed to be resilient in the classroom”.

“Noticeable difference regarding belief in self and ability to contribute to sessions without fearing rejection / failure”

“We’ve noticed how positively the classes have impacted Child B – they are much more willing to read various books now and have been much more confident doing their schoolwork independently…. It's been great having the classes continue remotely over zoom”.

“WFDA classes has helped increased C's confidence by making them feel like they are more normal - and more like other kids”

The children have also appreciated the classes. Here are some of their views: When asked by their tutor’s the children said that the help, they receive from WFDA has helped them understand what they are doing in class. Their teachers have commented on their understanding and some children even received more challenging work in class as result of their improved understanding.

“I like the relaxed atmosphere in the WFDA classes which have increased my confidence in reading out aloud”.

“The classes have given me tricks (strategies) to help remember spellings. I have found this useful in school when I’ve had spelling tests… “

“Spelling and handwriting are difficult - going to my WFDA classes has helped me out and avoid blockers at school!”

I am sure you will agree that these are really encouraging comments and highlights the positive impact we are having. We thank The Three Oaks Trust and BBC Children in Need for their vital funding for classes. We have continued to receive

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funds from the Jack Petchey Foundation as part of their Bronze Achievement Award scheme which has seen an increase from £250 to £300 per award and WFDA receive 3 awards per year.

In summary it has been another successful year, with classes remaining online and tutors providing a fantastic service. Parents and students have expressed the vital support that classes provide and as a charity we have the important task of securing funds to ensure the sustainability of WFDA Children’s classes.

SUMMER CLUB

We were not able to run the Summer Club this summer – the first time since 2008. The reason for this was that Forest School was not able to host the club and we felt that it does not work having the club online.

PEABODY PROJECT

We began a new project on the Peabody Estate in November 2019. This project was for children on the estate to receive free literacy lessons. Unfortunately, we were not able to carry on after March 2020 because of Covid. We were hoping that to restart the project in October 2021 but, unfortunately, one of the original tutors was no longer able to take part in the project and we could not find another tutor. Very reluctantly we decided to close this project.

HELPLINE

Our helpline team this year was Debra Lewis and Lois Hood; Michelle Rock was one of the team until May 2022 but due to her personal circumstances, she could not carry on. The Helpline team provide speedy responses and we give special thanks for the effort and commitment our volunteers show to all those who call. It is a timeconsuming task, with volunteers taking an average of two calls a week - covering anything from general advice for parents wanting to help their children with dyslexia, to how to book a screening. We also have many calls from adults, of all ages, who seek support. With regards to adults, the helpline and screenings have largely merged, so that the screening is integrated with the help and advice provided. Elly Pearce has dealt with email enquiries, approximately 2 a week.

SCREENINGS

Our team of screeners this year was Elly Pearce and Kathy Payne (primary), Katherine Marshall (secondary) and Lois Hood (adult). All the team are dyslexia specialists who have completed assessment training, and consequently are able to give a specialist view, rather than just a simple result from the computer programmes or from the other assessment tools used.

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As we have continued without suitable premises due to Covid, Elly resumed screenings in her home in May 2022 and did 9 before the end of the summer term. On the website, parents are encouraged to contact Elly Pearce by email. In some cases, she has spoken to parents and given ideas of how to work with schools or to progress to full assessment. Kathy went into one school in the Autumn to carry out screenings but doesn’t feel comfortable to do any at home.

Katherine Marshall has carried out 34 secondary screenings from her home during the year and expects this to continue.

Some of the screening tools we have used for the last 10 years have now been updated and gone online. These are the programmes for primary children, Rapid, Lass Junior and COPS. Kathy and Elly have successfully made the transfer to using these. The Lass Secondary continues to be available as a stand-alone and Katherine has this on her computer (download rather than disc). She also has the LADS programme for 16 years up. Both have been recently renewed for another year.

The hoped-for return to Frederick Bremer hasn’t happened so screening in our homes will continue, as the demand is still there. We are still catching up after Covid so both have a waiting list. The primary list has 20 children which will probably keep us going till Christmas.

Screening for adults has continued either online via Zoom or over the phone. Between September 2021 and August 2022 there have been over one hundred of the shorter screenings for dyslexia. There have also been over thirty of the longer screenings for neurodiversity. Adults screened are always very grateful for the service they receive. One comment often made is that they now understand how their learning differences affect their daily life and this enables them to deal with tasks more effectively.

FUNDRAISING

We have not charged for adult screenings, but many adults have made voluntary donations. People have continued to use the Amazon Smile scheme but much of our usual fundraising (eg quiz night) has not taken place because of Covid 19. Some of our children’s families have also made donations.

In the section about adult work there is information about funding from the National Lottery. In the section about children’s work there is information about funding for the children’s classes.

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THANK YOU

There are many people to thank for the support they have given over the year. David Pearce has continued to manage our finances, which includes ensuring that people are paid on time. David also processes many other aspects of WFDA administration and so we give him special thanks. We thank all volunteers who help us with our work.

TRUSTEES

Waltham Forest Dyslexia Association (WFDA) is a registered charity governed by its constitution as an Association. The constitution sets out the Association’s objects as to advance the education of persons who are Dyslexic, provide support and information, and advance the education of the public to make society more dyslexicfriendly.

The honorary officers of the Association and not more than twelve other trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting of members. The trustees may co-opt other persons to be trustees, provided that the number of co-opted trustees does not exceed one third of the total number of trustees.

We were sad to say goodbye to Liz Gentilcore as a trustee in November 2021.

RESERVES POLICY

The WFDA Reserves Policy is to maintain sufficient level of reserves to enable normal operating activities to continue should a shortfall in income occur and to take account of potential risks and contingencies that may arise from time to time.

In order to make a judgment on the amount of reserve the Trustees have considered the risks in respect of expenditure, unrestricted income and where appropriate restricted income. Also taken into consideration are any external identified potential major risks to income and expenditure during the year under consideration.

After reviewing our current position the trustees have decided the following:

This policy will be reviewed annually by the trustees.

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PUBLIC BENEFIT

The trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.

SUMMING UP

As a final note, we would like to thank all our members, parents of our pupils, adults who take part in our adult groups and other friends for their continuing support of our fundraising and other activities. We are also grateful to our members who gift aid their subscriptions and donations enabling us to reclaim tax they have paid. Thank you to you all for your interest, support, and commitment to WFDA now and in the future. As I often say to people, WFDA does an enormous amount with limited resources.

Lois Hood Chair

1 November 2022

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Waltham Forest Dyslexia Association Report and Accounts lor the year ended 31 August 2022 Receipts and Payments 2021V21 2021r22 Note Rèslnct8d Unrèslnct8d Tthal 43.144 23 6T9 66.823 Balances bmughtfonvard 43.285 24 554 Receipts DOnA￿on8 44T 8495 446 Membership Don3tiQnS Tax recoveTed on grft-aided subscTlPtions and don3tlOnS Charltable BctlvlUe8 Giants received I Irefvndedl Working wth Children and Young PeO￿e London Communrty Fund- Peabody Community Fund Jack P￿Ch•Y achi8vèmeM award schgm8 YDUn9 Londoners- Inspire Working wth Adults Other Income Working Wih Childrèn and Young P8018 Tuition Screenings Woiking In Schi¥ols Fundialln FundraisiTrg Inc{x￿e from investments 413 59 40.750 4680 1,750 20.250 850 10.885 11.669 1.805 5.480 320 7.440 576 55 39 20.670 40.610 T656 48 266 1T.730 5B.340 7656 1T.730 65.9% 24.899 476 25.375 45.569 476 46.045 HMRC JDb Retention Scheme STanl Total Receipts 20.6TO 91,410 41,409 132,819 gvallgbl8 68.660 45.224 113.884 Payr￿ents Fundraisin Worknng wrth Children and Young People Turtion Sci8enings WorkiDg In Schoo15 Jack Petchey 3chie¥ennt 3ward scheme Transition Surnmer Club Young Londonèrs Inspro Workin9 Wrth Adults Mernbership 3nd womotion 26 597 7.721 1,374 6821 442 41 33.396 7.424 2.356 5.250 723 1.000 2,514 8932 193 5.509 2T5 40.469 T656 48 125 16,855 57.324 7656 16855 S4980 39.905 476 40.381 16.196 HMRC JDb Retention Scheme sTanl spg Total Payments 476 56.571 16.196 43,285 24.$54 87,839 28.279 29.028 57.3D7 13

Waltham Forest Dyslexia Association Report and Accounts lor the year ended 31 August 2022 Statement of Assets and Llabltites 2021 2022 Note ResI￿rIed Unreslncled Total Reslncled Unreslricled 14,172 Total 14.172 Ganètal Funds 38.795 700 2,845 11.083 49.878 TOO 2.845 180 WoTknng wtrh ChildieTr and Young Peok4e Jack P8tch8y achi8vém8nt award schetn LBWF schools. dYsle￿a h3ndboDk and training Transition SurnmeT Club (unds 121 (31 14.856 33.419 550 2.M5 550 2.845 180 765 765 Worknng Adults 6.141 57.307 43.285 24.554 67.839 28.219 29.028 67.835 67 839 Cash al bank and in hand 57.307 57.307 Signed on beh3ff of the Board of Trustees by 1 N(wmb81 2022 14

Waltham Forest Dyslexia Association Report and Accounts lor the year ended 31 August 2022 Notes to the Receipts and Payments 2020121 2021r22 Restncted Unrestncted Total Restiicled UnTestiicled Total 111 General Funds 15.796 15.795 1670 1.670 Balance btought fDt4¥ard Receipts Paymen15 Tian5fer lo Wotking with Children and Youn9 Pe￿￿e funds Balance carried fofward 13.4T1 1.145 14441 13.471 1.145 14441 14.172 121 Working with Children and Young People Balances brought foDNard Receipts Inel of grant refunded) Paymènts Tianstsr from Genetal Funds Ba13nce5 Carried fotW3rd 19962 45 430 126,5971 7 883 27.845 16 060 61.490 38.795 13.1 19.525 133.3961 115.7521 49.878 32.689 149.1481 3500 3.500 11083 49.878 38 795 18.563 14.856 33.419 This cornwses re5tTicled funds receNed by the trustees from v3llOU5 sources as well as amounts designated tytlustees for these projects. 131 Jack Petchey achievement award scheme Balance brought fotW3rd Receipts P•yment$ Tian5fer lo Transition Summer Club Balance carried fO￿ard L2￿> 1,750 1,2 1.750 700 850 700 850 700 700 550 550 141 LBWF 8ehool8' dysl•xla handbook and tralnlng 3006 3.006 Balance btought fDt4¥8rd Payments Balance caTried foTward 2.845 2.e45 2PA5 2845 2.845 2.845 151 Transition Summer Club fund¥ Balancg ￿Qu5ht fDTward Receipts Tian5fer from Jack Petchey achievement award schen Payments Balancé earriad fo￿ard 195 195 180 180 1000 180 180 161 Young Londoners- Inspire Balance brought foThvard Refund Payments Balance carried fofward 9084 9.084 171 Worklng Adults 9,697 9,697 Balanc8s brO￿ght forward Receipts Payments 82lances carned foThv3rd T65 765 10.885 15.509 6.141 10 885 18.9321 765 765 This Includes the monthly Adult Group. thè Athocgcy rMoJed and associated screenings 15

Waltham Forest Dyslexia Association Report and Accounts lor the year ended 31 August 2022 Notes to the Receipts and Payments (continued) 181 Sumrnary of Grnnts received I Irefundedl 2V20121 2021122 JKk p8tchy8ckn8vél￿Trè sch8mé Jack Pptchey FDundaLion- 5chpmp Jack Petchey Foundation leader 3waid 750 850 Woyking ￿7th Young P BBC Childien In Né8d. main BBC Childien in Need- ￿enSiOn 4¥3nt London Communrty Fund- PeJiW ComnwDity Irefundl Th& Thré& Oaks T￿￿t UK YDuLh 20.750 Ywng lo￿￿ers- Inspwe Mayo1$ Young Londoners Fund Irgfvndl ￿lbA￿lIS The N3tion31 Lottery Community Fund 40.610 24 899 191 Fundralslng summary 2O20n1 2021122 ReceiNS Paymènts Recei05 Payments 59 423 azon Smile Henry Maynard School We3rRedfor Dysl&xi3 Day WeddingdDnation5 41 423 14 14 576 Totals 1101 Debtors a8 at 31 August 2022 2022 Due forwotkiw in scho￿5 1.260 1111 Llabllfjtles as at 31 August 2022 21 20 Due to HMRC In iespect ot pwoll deductions 79e Class fees receiwd athrdDce Awaids W￿￿1￿9 8X￿n￿@S 200 1.691 1121 Payments to Trustses In accordance Wlih the ChaThties Act and Ch311ty Comnmssion guidance the imstees agreed to y fou( tTUStees for seNce5 Ihey womde 10 the chaDty oyei and ab￿e normal tiusiee duiies ID the year ended 31 August 2022 ￿Ymo￿5 10 these fourlwslee5. or 3 rel3ted ¢harty. for SeD￿C£S tDtall8d £5.952 ly8ar &ndéd 31 August 2021 81ght t￿￿te&S w&ré paid £14,5Q31 1131 Re$erve$ In ordprto ensure cDnLinuity Df Ihe chant￿S sctibtties the tIU51ees en￿2￿D￿rtO hold suffic18ni rese￿5 io crwer any del3y in oFAaining grants The trusiees ha￿e desI￿ated ￿ndS 33 set out In the Trustees. Report 16

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the members of the Waltham Forest Dyslexia Association for the year 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2022

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

have not been met; or

J Irvinesmith FCIE Independent Examiners Ltd 7 November 2022

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