CENTRAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 12 June 1996
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
Latest income: £299,899
Latest expenditure: £301,044
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Central Language School, 41 St. Andrews Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AR

Website recorded by the regulator: www.central-ls.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To advance public education by the teaching of English in a Christian Language School

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 23 June 2026
Date Accounts Received: 23 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £299,899
Total Gross Expenditure: £301,044

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 24 June 2025
Date Accounts Received: 24 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £331,761
Total Gross Expenditure: £307,871

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 25 June 2024
Date Accounts Received: 25 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £261,268
Total Gross Expenditure: £234,488

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 30 June 2023
Date Accounts Received: 30 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £146,059
Total Gross Expenditure: £159,640

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 30 June 2022
Date Accounts Received: 30 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £80,440
Total Gross Expenditure: £118,287

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2026
Ar Received Date: 23 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £299,899
Total Gross Expenditure: £301,044
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Received Date: 24 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £331,761
Total Gross Expenditure: £307,871
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Received Date: 25 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £261,268
Total Gross Expenditure: £234,488
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Received Date: 30 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £146,059
Total Gross Expenditure: £159,640
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Received Date: 30 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £80,440
Total Gross Expenditure: £118,287
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cambridgeshire
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: CENTRAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1996-06-12T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 22ND MAY 1996 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 21ST SEPTEMBER 1998
Charitable Objects: (A) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TO STUDENTS FROM OVERSEAS. (B) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BY THE GIVING OF GRANTS TO SUCH INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.
Area Of Benefit: CAMBRIDGE

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 236418
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ENGLISH

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures