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Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists is a registered charity (number 273724) based in London, governed by 15 trustees. Latest income £6.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as College of Speech and Language Therapists, Rcslt (Charity Commission)

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £6.1m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.rcslt.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Registered
1977

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6.1m£6.7m
  • 2024£5.8m£6.2m
  • 2023£5.6m£5.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.1m£4.8m
  • 2021£5.0m£5.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY, MEANING THE CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH COMMUNICATION, SWALLOWING, EATING AND DRINKING DIFFICULTIES.

Grants received

1 grant · £20,000 total

360Giving 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 National Lottery Community Fund · £20,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-03-19
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.

15 trustees on the board

2.5y median 3y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (15)

15
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 15General Charitable Purposes 15The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 15

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

Other services 17Business services 1Health and social care 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

5.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 8.7 in 2021

62 from 56 in 2021
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
273724
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 APRIL 1953 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS DATED 16 JULY 1977, 20 MAY 1994,13 OCTOBER 1995, 7 DECEMBER 2004, 11 OCTOBER 2005, 11 OCTOBER 2007 AND 03 OCTOBER 2008 AND 07 OCTOBER 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27 SEP 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 DEC 2019 as amended on 07 Jul 2021 as amended on 09 Nov 2021 as amended on 26 Jan 2024
Companies House
Company number 00518344 · Active
Contact on the register
02073781200 · info@rcslt.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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