ENGLISH+

Registered charity 1169790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are English Plus, a Christian charity that supports new communities in Norwich to learn English, form friendships and to make this city a home. We welcome anyone who finds themselves isolated by lack of English language including refugees and asylum seekers; beginners and advanced; young and old; all faiths and none.

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Latest income
£157k
Latest spending
£191k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £95,780 at the year-end, with total funds of £96,069. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern, citing a bank balance of £114,117 as of June 2025 and secured future funding.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£157k£191k
31/12/2023£148k£144k
31/12/2022£193k£136k
31/12/2021£134k£110k
31/12/2020£137k£93k

Common questions

Is ENGLISH+ financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £95,780 at the year-end, with total funds of £96,069. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern, citing a bank balance of £114,117 as of June 2025 and secured future funding. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ENGLISH+?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ENGLISH+ as a grant recipient include NORWICH CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS, HEIGHAM, NORWICH, Norwich Freemen's Charity, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HEIGHAM, NORWICH.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NORWICH CONSOLIDATED CHARITIESFY2025£20kGrants to support refugees and asylum seekers
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS, HEIGHAM, NORWICHFY2024£10kGrant funding from STN Trust
Norwich Freemen's CharityFY2026£4kCore costs for an organisation teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HEIGHAM, NORWICHFY2024£4kLocal Organisation

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/11/2021£5kChat and Play
The National Lottery Community Fund14/03/2019£10kEnglish+ Equip
UK government—£2kNorfolk Women & Girls Fund

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ENGLISH+£157k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION FY2025£245k—0unclear—no doubt
The English Language Centre FY2024£6.8m——unclear—no doubt
THE BRIDGE PLUS+ LIMITED FY2025£198k—0unclear—no doubt
CENTRAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE FY2025£300k—0unclear—no doubt
MENTORING PLUS BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET FY2025£770k—0below—no doubt

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