Registered charity · London
Ican Charity
- 9 trustees
- Income £14m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Luke ManningChair · since 2020
- Andrew Mark WarrenTrustee · since 2026
- Ann Frances BrownTrustee · since 2019
- Bethan MortTrustee · since 2026
- Donna Louise CastleTrustee · since 2025
- Duncan John SmithTrustee · since 2024
- James WillanTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Julia DockrellTrustee · since 2022
- Simon WrightTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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Public contracts won
2 contractsFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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Subject Matter Experts for Early Language, Early Maths and Personal, Social and Emotional Development Learning Leads
We are looking to appoint subject matter experts to support early language, early maths and PSED learning leads via 3 separate contracts. This requirement includes: • Reviewing and providing feedback on existing DfE training modules • Dev…
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Speech and Language Training and Support
The provision of speech and language training and support to education settings spanning early years to post 16 within Darlington.
About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- speechandlanguage.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- I CAN Charity
- Registered
- 1967
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£14m£14m
- 2024£21m£20m
- 2023£11m£12m
Earlier years
- 2022£9.7m£9.6m
- 2021£8.7m£8.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 3% · Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
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.
Grants received
12 grants · £1,233,373 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington · £344,134
- Pears Foundation · £330,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £191,222
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £141,000
- Somerset Community Foundation · £69,748
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Luke Manning Chair since 2020
- Andrew Mark Warren since 2026
- Ann Frances Brown since 2019
- Bethan Mort since 2026
- Donna Louise Castle since 2025
- Duncan John Smith since 2024
- James Willan since 2021
- Professor Julia Dockrell since 2022
- Simon Wright since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Ann Frances Brown since 2019
- Simon Wright since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Luke Manning Chair since 2020
- Ann Frances Brown since 2019
- Bethan Mort since 2026
- Donna Louise Castle since 2025
- Duncan John Smith since 2024
- James Willan since 2021
- Professor Julia Dockrell since 2022
- Simon Wright since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Andrew Mark Warren since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 210031
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED SEPTEMBER 1908 AS AMENDED 26 JULY 1949, 7 NOVEMBER 1985, 18 SEPTEMBER 1989, 16 SEPTEMBER 1993, 15 SEPTEMBER 1994, 13 JULY 1995, 18 SEPTEMBER 2000, 10 SEPTEMBER 2007 AND 10 SEPTEMBER 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 SEP 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 SEP 2017 as amended on 11 Jun 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 00099629 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078432510 · information@speechandlanguage.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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