THE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1124890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotes the knowledge,understanding and enjoyment of the English language and its literatures and fosters good practice in its teaching and learning at all levels by holding conferences, lectures and other meetings to respond to the professional needs of teachers and lecturers in all education areas, and by publishing a range of journals, books, papers and leaflets.

Objects

THE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE TO PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ITS LITERATURES AND TO FOSTER GOOD PRACTICE IN ITS TEACHING AND LEARNING AT ALL LEVELS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £47,010 for the year ended 31 December 2025, increasing its total reserves to £418,341. The trustees' report indicates that unrestricted reserves of £417,192 exceed the targeted policy of not less than £350,000, providing a buffer against operational risks and economic uncertainty.

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

What the accounts disclose

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/07/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Davidson
• Cassandra Martin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Fiona Margaret Douglas
• Dr Lorna Ann Robinson
• Elizabeth Mary Draper
• Helen Wallace
• Julia Morris
• Katherine Anne Stone
• Kirstie Hewett
• Kirsty Armstrong
• Lucy Cuthbertson
• Matthew Robin Carnaby
• PROFESSOR JENNIFER RICHARDS
• PROFESSOR MARTIN HALLIWELL FEA
• Professor Alexander John Peter Thomson
• Professor Anshuman Ahmed Mondal
• Professor David Duff FEA
• Professor Greg Walker FEA
• Professor Katherine Isobel Baxter
• Tracey Maloney

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The English Language Centre.

• The English Language Centre income £6.8m
• THE ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING income £194k
• INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE income £998k
• A S HORNBY EDUCATIONAL TRUST CIO income £326k
• ENGLISH SPEAKING BOARD (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED income £1.4m
• THE ENGLISH CONCERT income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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