# Dyslexia Action in administration

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/06/23/dyslexia-action-administration/
- Published: 2017-06-23T07:31:16+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The charity Dyslexia Action has been placed into administration, as of April this
year.**

 

On the [Dyslexia Action](http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/) website, it states that‘
on Thursday 13th April 2017, Matthew Haw and Karen Spears of RSM Restructuring Advisory
LLP were appointed as administrators of Dyslexia Institute Limited t/a Dyslexia 
Action’. It also says Dyslexia Action training, shop and Guild will continue to 
operate as normal but that Dyslexia Action will no longer be providing assessment
services.

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On the homepage it states:

 

> Any financial claims on the old Dyslexia Action Charity (Dyslexia Institute Ltd),
> now in administration, should be referred to RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP 0203
> 201 8000.
> Dyslexia Action Training, Dyslexia Guild and Dyslexia Action Shop, previously 
> owned by Dyslexia Institute Ltd, have been acquired by Real Group Ltd. All online
> training courses, online retail operations and Dyslexia Guild activities will 
> continue as normal, and any current or future customers or members will be unaffected
> by this change.
> For any enquiries please contact either Real Group: st**********@**********co.
> uk , 01273 358080 or Kathryn Benzine, Head of Education and Training at Dyslexia
> Action: tr*************@****************rg.uk, 01784 222304.

 

According to the [Sutton Coldfield Observer](http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/staff-given-30-minutes-warning-as-dyslexia-action-in-sutton-coldfield-goes-into-administration/story-30285184-detail/story.html),
the charity went into administration in April with no advance notice to staff. Its
financial information on the Charity Commission site states that for 2016 income
was £6,432,000 while expenditure was £8.127.000. £7,602.000 was spent on charitable
activities, £407,000 on generating voluntary income, and £118,000 on governance.

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