The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

ST Catherine's - Speech and Language

Registered charity 288148 Registered since 1983

Operates: Isle Of Wight

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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.

10 trustees on the board

8.5y median 4.5y
average tenure
30y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
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 10Disability 9Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 19Property 6Business services 3

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6.4m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.3 in 2021

140 from 93 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.
97%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.stcatherines.org.uk
Emailgeneral@stcatherines.org.uk
Phone01983852722
AddressST. CATHERINE'S, GROVE ROAD, VENTNOR, ISLE OF WIGHT, PO38 1TT

Finances

£6,431,219 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,632,520£3,358,605
2022£4,270,723£4,159,982
2023£4,949,790£4,760,004
2024£5,786,219£5,423,917
2025£6,431,219£5,767,450

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisability

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

The relief of sickness, poverty, hardship and distress, among children, young people, their families and other persons who are socially excluded from society as a result of their speech, language and communication needs, by: providing a range of services which include advancing their education through the running of a residential special school and sixth form centre, vocational training, integrated therapy, outreach services and advice and support to parents and families; and raising public awareness of the issues affecting children, young people and their families and others with speech, language and communication needs.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/09/1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/11/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/11/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/03/2003AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09/05/2011 AS AMENDED ON 28 FEB 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 OCT 2021

Trustees (10)

10trustees
72median age
8aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

ST Catherine's - Speech and Language · 01757474 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 29/09/1983

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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