Activities

As described by the charity on the register

St Catherine's is a national charity working with children and young people with severe, lifelong speech, language and communication disabilities. We provide a specialist school and sixth form centre, intensive speech, language and occupational therapy, excellent residential facilities, a comprehensive vocational training programme and outreach support to mainstream schools, parents and families.

Latest income

£6.4m

Expenditure

£5.8m

Financial year end

2025-08-31

Income & spending history

As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end

Year end Income Expenditure income spend
2021-08-31 £3.6m £3.4m
2022-08-31 £4.3m £4.2m
2023-08-31 £4.9m £4.8m
2024-08-31 £5.8m £5.4m
2025-08-31 £6.4m £5.8m

Latest detailed return

Year end 2025-08-31 · consolidated (group) figures

Income mix

Donations & legacies £379k
Charitable activities £5.9m
Trading £122k
Investment income £11k
Total income £6.4m

Spending

Charitable spend £5.7m
Raising funds £89k
Grants to institutions £0
Governance £0
Total expenditure £5.8m

Balance sheet

Reserves £1.1m
Total funds £6.0m
— restricted £19k
— unrestricted £6.0m
— endowment £0
Total assets £6.0m
Cash £1.3m

People

Employees 140

Classification

The charity's own register classification

What it does

  • Education/training
  • Disability

Who it helps

  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities

How it works

  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.