Registered charity · Surrey
Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity
- 10 trustees
- Income £1.8m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alison SuttonTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Jennie GuiseTrustee · since 2023
- Jonathan Charles HetheringtonTrustee · since 2018
- Katrina CochraneTrustee · since 2026
- Laura AnthonyTrustee · since 2021
- Liam MclaughlinTrustee · since 2024
- Michael-John AlbertTrustee · since 2019
- Peter WatsonTrustee · since 2018
- Simon HepherTrustee · since 2018
- William MalcolmTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.helenarkell.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.8m£2.0m
- 2024£1.8m£1.8m
- 2023£1.6m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.7m£1.6m
- 2021£1.4m£1.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(A) TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE, EDUCATION AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DYSLEXIA OR ANY OTHER RELATED SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY;(B) TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, TEACHERS AND OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONS ABOUT DYSLEXIA AND OTHER RELATED SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES AND TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN THE PUBLIC, TEACHERS AND OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONS ABOUT THE CARE, EDUCATION AND TREATMENT OF SUCH PERSONS; AND(C) TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH INTO DYSLEXIA AND OTHER RELATED SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.
Grants received
17 grants · £411,800 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- J J Charitable Trust · £125,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £90,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £49,191 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £47,859
- Community Foundation for Surrey · £32,500 (4 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Alison Sutton since 2021
- Dr Jennie Guise since 2023
- Jonathan Charles Hetherington since 2018
- Katrina Cochrane since 2026
- Laura Anthony since 2021
- Liam Mclaughlin since 2024
- Michael-John Albert since 2019
- Peter Watson since 2018
- Simon Hepher since 2018
- William Malcolm since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonathan Charles Hetherington since 2018
- Michael-John Albert since 2019
- Peter Watson since 2018
- Simon Hepher since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alison Sutton since 2021
- Dr Jennie Guise since 2023
- Katrina Cochrane since 2026
- Laura Anthony since 2021
- Liam Mclaughlin since 2024
- Michael-John Albert since 2019
- Peter Watson since 2018
- Simon Hepher since 2018
- William Malcolm since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Jonathan Charles Hetherington since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1064646
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED THE 11TH SEPTEMBER 1997 as amended on 15 Feb 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 03432423 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01252792400 · enquiries@helenarkell.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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