THE SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1002463 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTOPHER PLACE, THE SPEECH LANGUAGE AND HEARING CENTRE LIMITED

The charity receives income from rent which is solely used to make grants to charities and organisations that provide support, therapy and education to children who are hearing impaired, autistic and communication delayed.

Objects

THE RELIEF IN NEED OF CHILDREN OF PRE-SCHOOL AGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM DIFFICULTIES WITH HEARING OR SPEECH

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£178k

Latest spending

£177k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,017,322, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of £150,000. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. The financial statements underwent an independent examination rather than a full audit, resulting in a clean report with no matters requiring attention.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: not less than one year's budget grant expenditure ie. £150,000 (reserves figure: £1.0m)

“It is the policy of the charitable company that free reserves which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to not less than one year's budget grant expenditure ie. £150,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Speech, Language and Hearing Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (09/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW JAYE
ANGELA HARDING · trustee of 1 other charity
Adam Charles Marks
Katie Jaye-Lipton
Tanya Smollan-Kaplan

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£178k	£177k
31/12/2024	£182k	£169k
31/12/2023	£187k	£178k
31/12/2022	£82k	£107k
31/03/2022	£204k	£202k

Common questions

Is THE SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,017,322, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of £150,000. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. The financial statements underwent an independent examination rather than a full audit, resulting in a clean report with no matters requiring attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	2	£47k
THE INMAN CHARITY	2	£21k
THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATION	2	£11k
THE BLYTH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£75k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£42k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£41k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRUST FOR DEAF STUDIES.

TRUST FOR DEAF STUDIES income £55k
REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m
THE HOPE CHARITY income £187k
East Sussex Hearing income £295k
MORE EDUCATION income £531k
P A K S income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING FOUNDATION	£178k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRUST FOR DEAF STUDIES FY2025	£55k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
REACH LEARNING DISABILITY FY2025	£3.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE HOPE CHARITY FY2025	£187k	—	0	below	—	noted
East Sussex Hearing FY2026	£295k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
MORE EDUCATION FY2025	£531k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.