Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Analysis

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00518344). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists reported income of £6.1m and spending of £6.7m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.0m to £6.1m (+22%), an average of +5.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Headway - the Brain Injury Association (£6.0m), The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (£6.1m) and University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity (£6.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, trading 8.2% and investments 2.4%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.8%. Reserves of £3.3m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 62 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.