ST CATHERINE'S - SPEECH AND LANGUAGE
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Cash
£1.3m
+62.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6m
+21.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
137
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£664k
+83.2% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,949,790 | £5,336,845 | £5,918,467 | +10.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | £370,284 | £665,906 | +79.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £362,302 | £663,769 | +83.2% | |
| Net profit | £189,786 | £362,302 | £663,769 | +83.2% | |
| Cash | £158,160 | £775,561 | £1,258,963 | +62.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £4,368,499 | £4,938,801 | £6,003,570 | +21.6% | |
| Equity | £4,368,499 | £4,938,801 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 137 | 137 | 137 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,975,568 | £3,445,722 | £3,688,730 | +7.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 6.9% | 11.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 6.8% | 11.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.4% | 20.8% | -5.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.52x | 1.28x | 2.85x | |
| Interest cover | — | 26.07x | 49.25x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ST CATHERINE'S - SPEECH AND LANGUAGE 2011-05-09 → present
- ST. CATHERINES SCHOOL 1985-02-15 → 2011-05-09
- ST. CATHERINE'S SCHOOL LIMITED 1983-09-29 → 1985-02-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bright Brown Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or parent's charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ST CATHERINE'S - SPEECH AND LANGUAGE · parent
- St Catherine's Speech and Language for Young Adults and Adults Limited
Significant events
- “During the year we made significant upgrades to St Anne's, one of our sixth form residential houses and we also started an ambitious ICT infrastructure development project.”
- “To improve our charity's visibility in September 2024, we undertook a rebranding exercise including developing a new logo, website and prospectus.”
- “While in February 2025, we joined forces with other speech, language and communication needs organisations as part of the Speech and Language Alliance.”
- “At 31 August 2025, the charitable group was involved in dispute with its insurers regarding a landslip that occurred in 2021. The landslip occurred on what has now been confirmed to be the school's property, as a result of a storm, causing damage to one section of the boundary wall and a property located near this boundary.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 89 resigned
Showing the first 100 officers on file — Companies House returns these 100 per page and this record sits at that limit, so the list (and any former officers) may be incomplete. Full register on Companies House
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAREK, Andrew Simon | Secretary | 2025-06-19 | — | — |
| BLACKSELL, Henry Oliver | Director | 2024-02-22 | Nov 1948 | British |
| CARMICHAEL, Daniel | Director | 2023-10-20 | Mar 1942 | British |
| ELLIOTT, Peter Andrew | Director | 2020-12-04 | Dec 1950 | British |
| FLOWER, Anthony John | Director | 2007-03-09 | Feb 1951 | British |
| HEATHER, Martyn Andrew | Director | 2021-07-16 | Oct 1955 | British |
| LOFTUS, Michael Anthony | Director | 2022-11-11 | May 1963 | British |
| METCALFE, John Peter | Director | 2013-11-29 | Feb 1965 | British |
| PENGELLY, Graham John | Director | 1996-01-11 | Jan 1954 | British |
| RHODES, David Timothy Mark | Director | 2022-07-08 | Apr 1954 | British |
| RICKMAN, Roger | Director | 2024-11-25 | Aug 1954 | British |
Show 89 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Timothy Martin | Secretary | — | 2011-04-15 |
| JANVRIN, Zoe Alison | Secretary | 2019-09-18 | 2025-06-19 |
| THOMSON, Rachel Esther | Secretary | 2011-04-15 | 2019-09-18 |
| ACKERLEY, Beryl Ann | Director | 2002-11-15 | 2005-07-08 |
| AUSTIN, James Harold | Director | 1999-03-12 | 2002-07-19 |
| BABINGTON, Derrick William | Director | 1996-01-11 | 2000-03-10 |
| BAKER, George Joseph | Director | — | 2001-03-23 |
| BARWICK, John Charles | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2015-02-06 |
| BELL, Mary Teresa | Director | 1994-07-08 | 1999-01-03 |
| BENSTEAD, Philip Alan | Director | 1994-11-18 | 1996-03-15 |
| BICKNELL, Anthony Raymond Maurice | Director | 2004-11-19 | 2011-02-11 |
| BIGGIN, Ernest | Director | — | 1992-07-05 |
| BOND, Roy Francis | Director | 1996-01-11 | 2001-11-16 |
| BOWEN, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2015-02-06 | 2021-08-31 |
| BOXALL, Elizabeth Ann | Director | — | 1993-04-13 |
| BRADSHAW, Anthony John | Director | 1997-11-14 | 2009-02-06 |
| BROCK, Robin | Director | 1997-05-09 | 1998-09-18 |
| CARLETON, Brendan | Director | 2000-11-10 | 2002-11-15 |
| CHURCHES, Susan Gail | Director | 2023-06-06 | 2024-09-30 |
| COLLYER, Patricia | Director | 2003-05-16 | 2020-08-31 |
| COX, Paul Mervyn | Director | 2002-03-15 | 2011-11-18 |
| CROSBY, Jean Margaret | Director | 1998-09-18 | 2000-11-10 |
| DAISH-MILLER, Catherine | Director | 2011-11-18 | 2021-01-19 |
| DARBY, Susan | Director | — | 1991-07-05 |
| DELANNOY, Dudley Eric | Director | 2021-07-16 | 2024-01-18 |
| ESKDALE, Ronald Scott | Director | — | 1998-08-30 |
| EVANS, Margaret Therese | Director | 2002-11-15 | 2004-11-19 |
| FORER, Angela | Director | 1998-03-13 | 2005-11-25 |
| FORER, Angela | Director | 1998-03-13 | 1998-07-10 |
| FRADGLEY, Vanessa Jane | Director | 2009-02-06 | 2010-11-19 |
| FRIEL, Adam Patrick Otterway | Director | 2020-04-14 | 2021-08-31 |
| FRIEND, Clive Arthur | Director | 1994-11-18 | 1998-07-10 |
| GRANT, Gloria | Director | 1999-11-19 | 2001-11-16 |
| HARRAP, Keith Douglas | Director | — | 2000-03-10 |
| HILSUM, John Edwin | Director | 1997-07-11 | 2014-01-24 |
| HOLMES, Noreen Angela | Director | — | 1992-11-20 |
| HUDDART, Michael | Director | 2005-07-08 | 2007-11-16 |
| HUXSTEP, Barbara Anne-Marie | Director | 1994-11-18 | 1999-03-04 |
| JACKSON, Belinda | Director | 2008-11-21 | 2010-11-19 |
| JACKSON, Belinda | Director | 2001-11-16 | 2003-11-14 |
| JAMES, Pauline Sandra | Director | 1996-11-15 | 2021-08-31 |
| JARVIS, Hayley Jane | Director | 2021-06-16 | 2025-07-13 |
| JOHNSON, Peter David | Director | 1994-11-18 | 1996-11-28 |
| JONES, David | Director | 2001-03-23 | 2002-07-19 |
| KAYE, Alan Geoffrey | Director | 1995-11-17 | 2002-07-19 |
| KELLY, Julia Barbara | Director | 2021-07-16 | 2023-06-06 |
| KITCHER, Daniel | Director | 2017-07-14 | 2023-08-31 |
| KNIGHT, Hilary Evelyn | Director | 1990-11-23 | 2010-11-19 |
| LANE, Keith | Director | 2003-03-14 | 2003-10-14 |
| LAWSON, Brenda | Director | 2001-11-16 | 2007-03-09 |
| LEDGER, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 1994-11-18 | 1997-07-11 |
| LEE, Frank | Director | — | 1993-11-19 |
| LLOYD, Malcolm Price | Director | 1996-01-11 | 2002-07-19 |
| LOFTUS, Robert Joseph | Director | 2006-03-10 | 2008-07-04 |
| LOFTUS, Sarah Louise | Director | 2020-11-16 | 2025-08-16 |
| LOW, Sheila Frances | Director | 1992-11-20 | 1998-07-10 |
| MARRIOTT, Jane Kathleen | Director | 2007-11-16 | 2008-11-21 |
| MARSH, Gerald | Director | 2002-11-15 | 2008-07-18 |
| MARTIN, Philip | Director | 1999-07-09 | 2000-11-10 |
| MATTHEWS, Janet Mary | Director | — | 1992-11-29 |
| MEAGHER, Christina | Director | 2003-11-14 | 2005-11-25 |
| MILNER, Jacqueline Wallace | Director | 2009-02-06 | 2012-07-20 |
| MOORE, Mary | Director | 2011-02-11 | 2011-05-25 |
| MOORE, Sally Jane | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2020-11-05 |
| MURRAY, Phillip | Director | 2011-11-18 | 2014-05-09 |
| NOCTOR, Frances | Director | 2006-11-17 | 2008-11-21 |
| OWENS, Lilian | Director | 1996-11-15 | 1998-09-18 |
| PEACE, Nicola | Director | 2004-11-19 | 2006-11-17 |
| POWE, Clive John | Director | 2021-07-16 | 2023-08-31 |
| PRATLEY, Irmalinda Maria | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2021-08-31 |
| PRETTY, Thomas Victor | Director | — | 1992-11-20 |
| PRITCHARD, Douglas Edward | Director | — | 1995-03-10 |
| PULSFORD, John Cyril | Director | 2008-11-21 | 2017-07-14 |
| RAFFILL, Patricia Marilyn | Director | 2006-03-10 | 2007-07-06 |
| RAINES, Felicity Ruth Pulleyne | Director | 2002-11-15 | 2012-11-22 |
| RIVRON, Pamela Mary | Director | 1992-11-20 | 1995-03-10 |
| ROONEY, Samantha Jayne | Director | 2014-05-09 | 2021-08-20 |
| RUDD, Peter Jonathan | Director | 1997-05-12 | 2018-05-18 |
| RULTON, Michele | Director | 1992-11-20 | 1995-11-17 |
| SAVVIDES, Helen | Director | 1998-03-13 | 2004-07-16 |
| SCOCCIA, Susan Jane | Director | 2010-01-29 | 2016-02-05 |
| SHEPHEARD, Tracey | Director | 2006-03-10 | 2007-07-06 |
| SHORT, Nadine Marie | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2018-09-10 |
| SILVER, Samantha Jane | Director | 2009-02-06 | 2016-07-15 |
| SIM, Iain Eric | Director | 1996-11-15 | 1997-03-31 |
| SLATTERY, Catherine Anne | Director | 1998-03-13 | 1999-07-09 |
| SOUTHWELL, Richard | Director | 1999-11-19 | 2002-07-19 |
| STOVELL, Alan John | Director | 2011-02-11 | 2014-02-07 |
| TILLING, Michelle Louise | Director | 2010-11-19 | 2011-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 270 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.