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Registered charity 1019182 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

Mark Andrew Humfrey Chair since 2019
Aleksandra Popovski Golubovikj since 2025
David Graham Luggar since 2022
Lynda Tanton since 2024
Simon Phillips since 2025

3y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Mark Andrew Humfrey Chair since 2019

6.9y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Mark Andrew Humfrey Chair since 2019
Aleksandra Popovski Golubovikj since 2025
David Graham Luggar since 2022
Lynda Tanton since 2024
Simon Phillips since 2025

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 5Construction 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£993k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

11 from 10 in 2023

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

The Switch Charity Limited Similar size; both Education
International Association of Teachers of English AS A Foreign Language Similar size; both Education
Menter Caerdydd Similar size; both Education
Menter Iaith SIR Caerffili Similar size; both Education
Kelton Nursery Similar size; both Education
The Sedbergh School Foundation Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.sol.org.uk
Email	sol@sol.org.uk
Phone	01271327319
Address	5 BRIDGE CHAMBERS, THE STRAND, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1HB

Finances

£934,964 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£96,982	£156,504
2022	£415,899	£384,368
2023	£893,150	£862,330
2024	£992,820	£955,084
2025	£934,964	£908,282

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN BRITAIN, EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN LANGUAGE SKILLS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/03/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/01/1993AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 04/11/2011

Trustees (5)

5trustees

58median age

0aged 70+

Mark Andrew Humfreyage band 65-69 Chair since 2019
Aleksandra Popovski Golubovikjage band 50-54 since 2025
David Graham Luggarage band 55-59 since 2022
Lynda Tantonage band 60-64 since 2024
Simon Phillipsage band 45-49 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

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PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 14/03/1990

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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