ST CATHERINE'S - SPEECH AND LANGUAGE
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-05 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-21
Watchouts
Cash
£776K
+390.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+13.1% vs 2023
Employees
137
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,949,790 | £5,786,219 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £189,786 | £362,302 | |
| Cash | £158,160 | £775,561 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,126,262 | £4,460,933 | |
| Net assets | £4,368,499 | £4,938,801 | |
| Equity | £4,368,499 | £4,938,801 | |
| Average employees | 137 | 137 | |
| Wages | £2,975,568 | £3,445,722 |
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 | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 3.8% | 6.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.4% | 20.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.52x | 1.28x |
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
- Bright Brown Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.”
Group structure
- ST CATHERINE'S - SPEECH AND LANGUAGE · parent
- St Catherine's Speech and Language for Young Adults and Adults Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In February 2024, we had a 3-day Ofsted education and social care inspection for our school and college. We were delighted with the results of the inspection, which saw our social care provision continue to be rated as Outstanding and our education element graded Good.”
- “As well as ensuring we have the right staff to meet the needs of our students, we are undertaking a significant project to improve and refurbish our buildings. In the year 2023/24, we spent over £1m on this project and we plan to spend a significant amount on buildings during the coming financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 89 resigned
| 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 269 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2023-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+16.9%
£4,949,790 £5,786,219
-
Cash
+390.4%
£158,160 £775,561
-
Net assets
+13.1%
£4,368,499 £4,938,801
-
Employees
0%
137 137
-
Wages
+15.8%
£2,975,568 £3,445,722
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers