The English Language Centre

Analysis

The English Language Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hove. It was registered in March 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01508550). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The English Language Centre reported income of £6.0m and spending of £6.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £6.0m (+336%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The English Language Centre 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 Mary Ward Settlement (£6.0m), Westbrook Hay Educational Trust Limited (£6.0m) and Gosfield School Limited (£6.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £6.4m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 82 people.