SHARING ONE LANGUAGE

Registered charity 1019182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SERVICES FOR OPEN LEARNING, SOL

Provide native English teachers in Eastern European countries and run short English courses in North Devon

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

Area of benefit: BRITAIN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved its reserves policy target of £50,000, ending the year with unrestricted funds of £57,991. The trustees report that the charity remains viable with healthy future bookings, although it faces challenges from inflationary costs and seasonal cashflow needs. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to attention that would cast doubt on the accounts or the charity's ability to continue.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sharing One Language (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Andrew Humfreychair
• Aleksandra Popovski Golubovikj
• David Graham Luggar
• Lynda Tanton
• Simon Phillips

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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