I CAN CHARITY — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2027-05-31 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-21 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-12-07

Watchouts

2 items

Cash

£2M

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£8M

Equity attributable

Employees

283

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£499K

Period ending 2025-08-31

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

4 officer resignations in last 12 months

Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

I CAN CHARITY 2004-03-29 → present
INVALID CHILDREN'S AID NATIONWIDE 1989-09-18 → 2004-03-29
INVALID CHILDREN'S AID ASSOCIATION 1986-02-21 → 1989-09-18
INVALID CHILDRENS AID ASSOCIATION (LONDON) INCORPORATED 1908-09-23 → 1986-02-21

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

I CAN CHARITY·Consumer Discretionary median · n=2305

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31

Metric	2024-08-31	2025-08-31
Turnover	£21,099,000	£13,773,000
Operating profit	—	—
Profit before tax	£1,069,000	-£499,000
Net profit	£1,069,000	-£499,000
Cash	£3,665,000	£2,333,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£8,513,000	£7,996,000
Net assets	£8,513,000	£7,996,000
Equity	£8,513,000	£7,996,000
Average employees	295	283
Wages	£11,904,000	£8,786,000

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2024-08-31	2025-08-31
Net margin	5.1%	-3.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	28.6%	33.0%
Current ratio	1.55x	1.37x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Consolidated group
Auditor: MHA
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

I CAN CHARITY · parent
1. Speech and Language UK Services Limited 1% · England · supply of educational and assessment services for children with speech and language challenges.
2. Speech and Language UK Ltd · England · Dormant

Significant events

“This year, we supported 267,474 children, young people, and their families.”
“A highlight this year has been collaborating with the Irish Government to deliver Early Talk Boost in Ireland.”
“We decided this year to invest in key areas, giving us a planned deficit to provide the opportunity for further growth.”
“This year, we completed our work on the Early Years Professional Development Programme (EYPDP).”
“We launched our new campaign, Support not sanctions. This included new data we commissioned from YouGov, which revealed that 78% of teachers said children with speech and language challenges were being unfairly punished at school.”
“We were delighted to launch a brand-new challenge event, The Big Silence. This is the first challenge event that we have developed as an organisation, and it was our most successful fundraiser to date in terms of funds raised from a one-off cash appeal.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

11 active · 74 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
PAYNE, Carol Elizabeth	Secretary	2020-03-18	—	—
BASILE, Riccardo Giuseppe	Director	2017-09-27	May 1978	Italian
BROWN, Ann Frances	Director	2019-10-30	Oct 1959	British
CASTLE, Donna Louise	Director	2025-02-25	Jun 1979	British
DOCKRELL, Julia, Professor	Director	2022-02-24	Aug 1955	British
MANNING, Luke	Director	2020-10-28	Jan 1978	British
MORT, Bethan	Director	2026-03-20	Dec 1985	British
SMITH, Duncan John	Director	2024-01-01	Nov 1969	British
WARREN, Andrew Mark	Director	2026-03-20	Mar 1962	British
WILLAN, James Christopher	Director	2021-11-02	May 1984	British
WRIGHT, Simon Anthony	Director	2019-10-30	May 1972	British

Show 74 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
EDELMAN, Gillian	Secretary	1997-06-02	2002-09-23
JONES, Brian James	Secretary	—	1997-05-31
PEGLER, Thomas Mark	Secretary	2020-03-19	2022-06-30
STEWART, Patrick Rupert Cooper	Secretary	2006-05-02	2016-08-18
WATSON, Robert Drummond	Secretary	2002-09-23	2006-05-02
WILLIAMS, Stephen	Secretary	2017-05-30	2022-09-09
AGNEW, Juliet Clare	Director	2019-10-30	2021-10-14
ARMSTRONG, Alan Robert	Director	2013-09-25	2016-09-29
BATES, Oliver Robert Hunter	Director	2016-10-10	2019-09-30
BENSON, Carolyn	Director	—	1993-09-16
BLACKWOOD, Susan	Director	—	1999-09-28
BLATCHFORD, Roy Terence	Director	2020-07-29	2025-07-14
BROOM, John	Director	—	1994-03-17
BULL, Kathie, Dr	Director	2003-09-22	2004-09-06
BULMER, Jeffrey Mark	Director	2012-09-20	2013-03-12
BURKE, James Michael	Director	2002-09-23	2011-12-07
BURKE, Patrick Bernard Michael	Director	1993-05-04	1996-07-10
BURNE, Simon Shelford	Director	2005-09-05	2008-05-21
BUSE, Rodney Stewart	Director	1999-09-28	2005-09-05
CLEGG, Judy, Dr	Director	2016-10-10	2026-01-01
CORDINGLEY, Susan Jane	Director	2002-09-23	2008-09-10
CRAGG, Kathleen Norah	Director	—	1992-11-04
DAVIES, David Huw	Director	2010-09-16	2020-07-29
DEB, Narayan	Director	2022-02-24	2025-07-14
DINNICK, Andrea	Director	2008-09-10	2010-12-01
EAGLE, Anthony Joseph	Director	2001-09-17	2010-09-16
FORD, Malcolm	Director	—	1992-11-04
GRAFTON-GRATTAN, Henry	Director	2012-09-20	2017-09-27
GREGORY, Susan Patricia	Director	2014-09-25	2023-09-21
GROSS, Jean Elizabeth Ogilvie	Director	2012-09-20	2021-11-02
HANDS, Julia Caroline	Director	1999-09-28	2002-09-23
HOLDER, Christopher Anthony	Director	2012-09-20	2017-10-06
HOSFORD, Adrian Joseph	Director	2010-09-16	2019-10-30
IMISON, Tamsyn Love, Dame	Director	1997-07-16	2001-09-17
JACOB, Frances Carol	Director	2007-09-10	2013-09-25
JACOBS, Howard Robert	Director	—	1999-09-28
JAMES, Lesley	Director	1999-09-28	2007-09-10
JOFFE, Victoria Liebe, Professor	Director	2010-09-16	2019-10-30
KIMBER, Donald Ashley	Director	—	1992-11-04
KUMARI, Pooja	Director	2025-02-25	2025-12-17
LEWIS, John Christopher	Director	1995-01-12	2004-09-06
LLOYD, Jennifer Anne	Director	2004-09-06	2005-09-05
LOVEGROVE, Martin Read	Director	2011-09-20	2013-03-12
LOVEGROVE, Martin Read	Director	1996-05-15	2003-09-22
LUKAS, Julia Katherine	Director	2004-09-06	2011-12-07
MYLCHREEST, Julian Richard Henry	Director	2015-09-23	2016-09-29
NESBITT, Sean Milo	Director	2004-09-06	2010-09-16
NEWMAN, Charles Howard	Director	2011-09-20	2021-02-23
NORRIS, Christopher John	Director	—	1993-12-18
PEACEY, Nicholas Hale	Director	2008-09-10	2011-03-15
PEREZ, Steven	Director	2008-09-10	2012-09-20
PETHERICK, George Robin	Director	1998-09-14	2004-09-06
PETHERICK, George Robin	Director	—	1997-07-16
PIKE, Neil	Director	1998-04-06	2006-09-11
RICHARDSON, Christopher Mark	Director	2010-09-16	2016-09-29
ROBINSON, Peter Kenneth James	Director	—	1992-11-04
ROSS, Sara Blanche Vivian	Director	1992-11-04	2001-09-17
RUSSELL, Philippa Margaret, Dr	Director	2005-09-05	2008-05-21
RUSSELL, Philippa Margaret, Dr	Director	2003-09-22	2004-09-06
SANDERS, John Roland	Director	—	1997-07-16
SENIOR, Colin Henry	Director	1996-05-15	2002-09-23
SHAW, Ian Peter	Director	1993-01-19	1999-09-28
SHEPLEY, Stuart Michael	Director	2017-05-30	2024-01-01
STANCLIFFE, John Charles Grayson	Director	—	1996-07-10
STEVENSON, Alick	Director	1996-03-13	2001-09-17
THOMPSON, Lesley Patricia	Director	2006-09-11	2008-09-10
VALLANCE, Elizabeth Mary, Lady	Director	2007-09-10	2015-09-23
WATERMAN, Judith Mary	Director	1999-09-28	2004-09-06
WESTON, Katharine	Director	2009-09-10	2019-07-31
WILLIS, John	Director	2019-10-30	2022-09-05
WILSON, Nicola Margaret, Dr	Director	1993-09-16	1998-02-09
WOODWARD, Robert John	Director	1992-11-04	1998-09-14
WREN, Yvonne, Dr	Director	2019-10-30	2021-11-16
WRIGHT, Jannet Anne	Director	1994-01-13	1995-05-18

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Luke Manning	Individual	Significant influence	2025-07-14	Active
Mrs Carol Elizabeth Payne	Individual	Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm	2021-09-01	Active
Ms Jane Elizabeth Harris	Individual	Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm	2021-04-01	Active
Mr Roy Terence Blatchford	Individual	Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm	2020-07-29	Ceased 2025-07-14
Mr David Huw Davies	Individual	Significant influence	2016-09-21	Ceased 2020-07-29
Mr Robert Joseph Reitemeier	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2021-03-31

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 303 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2024-06-28 MA Memorandum articles
2024-06-28 MA Memorandum articles
2024-06-28 MA Memorandum articles

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2026-03-23	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-03-23	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-01-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-12-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-12-18	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-07-25	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2025-07-25	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-07-25	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-07-25	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2025-04-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-03-10	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-03-05	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-12-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-08	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current extended	PDF
2024-06-28	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2024-06-28	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2024-06-28	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2024-03-22	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2024-01-08	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 10
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 2
Officers resigned: 4

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31

Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 17 months prior.

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