Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Poor Liquidity: -1
Good reserves management: +3
Reasonable growth: +1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 17

ICAN CHARITY

I CAN provides a combination of specialist therapy and education for children with speech and language difficulties through its Special Schools and Language Development Programmes, to enable children to develop and reach their full potential. We provide information for parents and a programme of courses, conferences, seminars and training to help professionals identify and support these children

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£10,884	£11,617	£-733	£403	£7,151	£3,360	3.5	221	10
31/03/22		£9,702	£9,586	£116	£350	£8,060	£4,135	5.2	205	8
31/03/21		£8,680	£8,524	£156	£439	£7,468	£3,647	5.1	187	10
31/03/20		£7,959	£8,012	£-53	£737	£6,703	£3,353	5	180	32
31/03/19		£8,031	£7,356	£675	£419	£6,758	£3,542	5.8	156	23
31/03/18		£7,433	£8,215	£-782	£374	£5,920	£2,897	4.2	188	0
31/03/17		£7,793	£8,412	£-619	£548	£6,775	£3,438	4.9	191	0
31/03/16		£8,417	£9,052	£-635	£767	£6,864	£3,647	4.8	203	0
31/03/15		£9,123	£9,564	£-441	£894	£7,328	£3,829	4.8	171	0
31/03/14		£9,358	£9,142	£216	£835	£7,416	£3,816	5	169	0
31/03/13		£8,956	£10,260	£-1,304	£1,023	£7,463	£4,026	4.7	176	0
31/03/12		£10,131	£10,130	£1	£937	£8,407	£5,240	6.2	173	0
31/03/11		£9,236	£9,204	£32	£946	£8,043	£4,935	6.4	165	0
31/03/10		£8,996	£9,108	£-112	£942	£7,686	£4,659	6.1	164	0
31/03/09		£8,331	£8,913	£-582	£1,024	£6,870	£3,968	5.3	165	0
31/03/08		£8,481	£8,840	£-359	£950	£7,721	£4,352	5.9	167	0
31/03/07		£8,050	£7,949	£101	£968	£8,353	£4,978	7.5	171	0
31/03/06		£7,381	£7,492	£-111	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£6,997	£7,010	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£7,461	£7,591	£-130	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 47%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 58 years
(116 years as a company)

https://speechandlanguage.org.uk/

information@speechandlanguage.org.uk

02078432510

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Other education support

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington	£344,134
Esmee Fairbairn	£180,000
Department for Education	£174,000
Pears Foundation	£80,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Speech and Language UK
£5,000	20/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Pears Foundation - Grant to Speech and Language UK
£80,000	26/10/2021	Core Funding
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to I CAN
£344,134	12/03/2021 36	To support the Early Talk Boost scheme.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to I CAN
£14,860	30/11/2020	This project will provide a tele-therapy provision, ensuring more children with language disorders affected by covid-19, access specialist speech & language therapy. This will support their communication, reduce stress and support development.
Department for Education - Supporting Early Years Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Children
£174,000	18/06/2020	Organisations who provide advice and support to people who are pushed into crisis
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to I CAN
£25,000	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Cumbria Community Foundation - Language and communication skills programme for early years children in Copeland
£10,000	03/03/2020	Language and communication skills programme for early years children in Copeland
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to I CAN
£150,000	22/01/2020 36	Towards unrestricted core costs to support the early identification of children’s speech, language and communication needs.
Somerset Community Foundation - Powering up the future - HPC helping local children and young people fulfil their potential
£69,748	29/04/2019 23	A programme of targeted speech, language and communication interventions for children and young people in Sydenham and Hamp – as well as support for parents and training for professionals
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to I CAN
£40,000	05/12/2018	Refurbishment of food technology room at Dawn House School, Nottinghamshire
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to I CAN
£15,000	16/05/2018	refurbishment of a building for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in Nottinghamshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Tots Talking
£191,222	04/10/2017 24	This project is designed to support the communication and language development of two year olds in Knowsley, Merseyside. The work has been developed in collaboration with local parents and carers who helped design the project contents, chose how and ....more This project is designed to support the communication and language development of two year olds in Knowsley, Merseyside. The work has been developed in collaboration with local parents and carers who helped design the project contents, chose how and where it will be delivered and provided ideas for a smartphone app which will be used as part of the programme. To ensure support is available where it is needed most, nursery and children’s centre practitioners will be trained to deliver the programme locally.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to I CAN
£36,700	14/06/2017 36	To deliver a residential holiday play scheme to children and young people with speech, language and communication needs. They will gain confidence and independence and improve their social skills.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to I CAN
£50,000	14/03/2013	towards one year's running costs of the national Help Enquiry Service that provides advice and support for the parents and carers of children with communication difficulties
Dulverton Trust - Communication Ambassadors
£15,000	27/02/2013	Communication Ambassadors
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to I CAN
£120,000	01/12/2011	Towards the salary of the project manager and four regional advisors.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-72

ANN FRANCES BROWN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Civil Servant

DR JUDY CLEGG Appointed: 2016, Occupation: University Lecturer

DUNCAN JOHN SMITH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

JAMES WILLAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Barrister

LUKE MANNING Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Global Head Of Sustainability

NARAYAN DEB Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Assistant Principal

PROFESSOR JULIA DOCKRELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Professor

RICCARDO BASILE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Principal

ROY BLATCHFORD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Teacher

SIMON WRIGHT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Co-Founder And Managing Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/05/1967, number: 210031
Registered at Companies House on 23/09/1908, number: 00099629

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE RAYNERS SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST on 13/08/2024

Main office

17-21 Wenlock Road
London
N1 7GT

Objectives

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR ALL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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