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2025-08-31-accounts

ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 August 2025

CONTENTS

2024-2025 CONTEXT AND OVERVIEW 3
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT 6
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES 8
Policy 8
ALL publications 9
Journal 9
Languages Today 10
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT /
IN-SERVICE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS 11
Annual National Conference 12
Online 12
ALL’S LOCAL GROUPS: 15
GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY 22
AREAS REQUIRING SUPPORT 23
WEBSITE DEVELOPMENTS 24
EVENTS FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS 25
HOW OUR ACTIVITIES DELIVER PUBLIC BENEFIT 26
MEMBERSHIP 28
FINANCIAL REPORT 29
REPRESENTATION, PARTNERSHIP AND INFLUENCE 43
Recognition 43
PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS 44

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2024-25 CONTEXT AND OVERVIEW

The new Labour Government’s Department for Education announced early on its intention to consult on a Curriculum and Assessment Review. Any suggestion of changes to the curriculum and its assessment create a sense of instability and threat, as well as of promise to classroom practitioners, so members and others have been exercised by this announcement, especially as some feel that Languages have for a while not been a priority for policy makers.

ALL’s response was to provide information, and to set up online consultations with Language teachers, as well as exploring shared priorities with other interested partners, which can all be explored on this page:

We await recommendations from the CAR in Autumn of 2025, and anticipate they will form a strand of activity throughout the Association in the coming year.

Within the CAR agenda, and across the Education world, there are discussions about the potential impact (positive and negative) of Artificial Intelligence on workload, as well as on learning and assessment. In June 2025 the DfE issued advice alongside other interested bodies to which ALL is alerting members and others. A Briefing has been published in Summer 2025.

Prior to the CAR (as well as within the process) the Languages community was expressing its concerns about the declining numbers of recruits into language teacher training, in spite of Government targets and measures, in parallel with declining numbers of students opting for language learning in key stage 4, and beyond that into A-level and Higher Education. These are reflected, with a recognisable focus on social equity, once more in Language Trends.

Language Trends 2025

Indicative headlines:

An ALL Briefing on Language Trends is available:

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The ALL ITET community (Initial Teacher Education and Training) has responded positively in discussions, and by working together and with partners to raise the issues (e.g. at an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) meeting – see below) and provide thinkpieces published on Languages Gateway.

The DfE-funded National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE) has gone through a review since the election, resulting in changes to its funding and operational ambit. Again, this impacts negatively on language teachers’ sense of stability. At the time of writing this Report, we await indications of how NCLE will be operating as its contract continues.

A grassroots project of Cities of Languages has sprung up over recent months, often as informal connections between agencies, schools, universities etc. within cities around the country, focussing on promotion of positive messages, developments of policy and organisation of learner-focussed motivational activities. This movement embraces a growing interest in supporting and acknowledging the importance of HHCL (Home, Heritage and Community Languages).

ALL maintains a webpage to gather information about the Cities and share inspiration:

As well as Language Trends, the agenda of the APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages) also reflects the national context and has this year addressed issues on which ALL has made representation and published articles:

And positive developments such as:

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The introduction of new GCSE specifications (French, German and Spanish) for first examination in 2026 continues to dominate the scene in Secondary, with some knock-on effects in Primary schools.

Within this context ALL has maintained a great deal of activity across the field, through the active engagement of our members and volunteers.

We held in March 2025 another very successful in-person Language World conference in Kenilworth on the theme: Weaving a rich tapestry: Our languages, our world(s) and ALL’s Local groups continue to be active online and in person (See exemplar reports below).

Alongside that programme of activities, the extensive ALL webinar schedule continued this year.

The ‘ACAPULCO’ online conference for Primary teachers attracted a good number of delegates in Autumn 2025 and received excellent feedback.

A review of the Events listing for 2024-25 shows:

80 events in the academic year (68 in previous year), of which

42 online or hybrid (51)

38 in-person or hybrid (21)

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GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

ALL is managed by a Board (the Management Board), as per its constitution consisting of elected and invited Trustees. The elected Trustees in 2024-25 were

The invited Trustees were

During this year Suzi Bewell had to step down (in Spring 2025) from her office because of school-related issues. Teachers increasingly find it difficult to be released from their teaching timetable in order to attend meetings, even when they are few and planned far ahead. As ALL had created in recent years a HMO Team to support the Membership work, the Board agreed to approach members of the Team about taking on the HMO role for a provisional period (until Spring of 2026). Our thinking was to give a Team member a taste of the role in advance of holding an Election in the usual election period. Isabelle Jones (also a Council member) took on this role.

Also, during this year Dr Judith Rifeser was obliged by family circumstances to move abroad. In discussion with the Board she expressed concern about carrying out her Presidential duties to her own satisfaction from outside the UK beyond the end of her first Presidency year (August 2025). The Board was very sympathetic to the situation and decided that, in the interests of retaining the usual election sequence, it would seek an interim solution for the period September 2025-August 2026 from within its members. In consequence previous Presidents Anna Lise Gordon and Steven Fawkes will take on the roles of co-Presidents in September 2025 and were introduced as interim Co-Presidents Elect at Language World Conference, and announced in ALLNet and Languages Today magazine.

The intention of modelling how a co-Presidency might work is a strategy to help plan for sustainability in future, when such a model might be more manageable for people in employment especially.

In late Spring 2025 the Association’s contractor KC Jones employed two new part-time members of staff to work on Membership and Governance matters for ALL. Plans are in place for these colleagues to meet the Board, and other active members and volunteers in the new academic year.

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Work is now ongoing with these colleagues, both in the Governance area

and with the HMO team

The Board is supported by the ALL Council, an elected body of members representing different regions, sectors, languages and special interests.

In 2024-25, at the President’s suggestion, we invited representatives from the 4 nations of the UK to attend the Council meeting and bring their perspectives, along with ALL Local Leaders who contributed regional perspectives and balances to discussion. This has a financial implication, of course and so will be reviewed.

ALL has again this year seen growth in its Corporate membership, which includes publishers, agencies, commercial businesses and cultural partners.

Numbers in other membership categories are in decline though.

Membership income is still sufficient for operational needs in the context of the volunteerled activities of the Association, but, with an eye to sustainability, the Board has taken action to prioritise membership by asking its agent (KCJones) to appoint new staff with specific expertise. A draft Membership Strategy is in preparation for forward planning in the new academic year.

Margaret Truss Prize: This fund, launched at Language World 2024, is intended to offer financial support to teachers in schools to travel abroad with the aim of developing their linguistic and cultural knowledge to inspire their teaching. Applications for up to £500 will be considered for each bursary.

A report from a winner of the award this year is to be included in Languages Today.

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OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

In 2025 ALL celebrates its 35th anniversary and volunteers from the Board are considering celebratory events, offers and publications to be launched from September. A refreshed ALL Logo is also being considered.

Policy

In this year ALL published its EDI policy, at the foot of the home page: - https://www.all languages.org.uk/

Within the ALL Handbook for Local Groups we also published:

Guidelines for social media champions are in production along with other documentation as it is reviewed by the new colleagues in the office.

On the national stage, ALL representatives

https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10212236/

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Publications

Press releases:

22/11/24: ALL response to Curriculum and Assessment Review

21/08/25: ALL Statement on 2025 GCSE results

The ALL Special Interest Group on De-colonising the Secondary Curriculum is compiling and editing a book, to be published by ALL, which collects papers and thinkpieces based on their Conference in 2024.

A number of ALL Members contributed to a new Routledge publication on Mentoring Language teachers: Mentoring Languages Teachers in the Secondary School: A Practical Guide, edited by Laura Molway and Anna Lise Gordon

The bi-annual newsletter for HHCL colleagues is available online from the webpage: - - - - - https://www.all languages.org.uk/research practice/language zones/home heritage - community languages/

The Association publishes a major academic journal, the peer-reviewed The Language Learning Journal (LLJ), which is currently published on behalf of ALL six times a year by Routledge https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rllj20, and is a member benefit.

The Editorial Advisory Board meets virtually twice a year. Editorial team and advisers undertake all their activities for the journal as volunteers. One of the LLJ editors contributes highlight articles to Languages Today magazine and/or to the termly Roadshows to build bridges between our publications. Editor and ALL Fellow, Elspeth Broady, has announced her intention to retire. The LLJ team is seeking a new editor.

The Language Learning Journal has had another very successful year, thanks to its editorial team, and publishing colleagues.

ALL Language Learning Journal has published in 2024 Volume 52

Language Attrition

Language Learning in the Pandemic

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In 2025:

Volume 53

Emotional literacy and second language learning

ALL Languages Today (LT) magazine. This year we published

LT 48: Voices Heard

LT 49: Strands of Learning

LT50: Being a language teacher

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VOICES HEARD
Being a language teacher
PRESIDENT'S BLOG ALL PRESIDENT JUDITH RIFESER ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY THE DEBATE... THE DEBATE ON SPEAKING IN CLASSROOMS THE BIG IDEA STUDENT VOICE, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE ARTS THE VIEW FROM...THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S FORUM THE LAST WORDCURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT REVIEW HOW TO... Weave together Geography and Language OUR BEST IDEAS...Bilingual Books RESOURCESThe latest in language support materials Empowering Learners and Teachers IN THE CLASSROOM WORLD OF LANGUAGE Linguistics and why our pupils need to know about it! GOLDEN OLDIES Our new occasional feature MEMBERSHIP Why the battle for creativity is worth fighting THE BIG IDEA Let’s do Cinderella – in Arabic! OUR AMBITION Raising the profile of Language learning BUILDING BRIDGES What motivates teachers
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OF Reports Adapting Culture Policy
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BEHAVIOUR
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CPD
TIME
Life Inclusion
STRAND ARNING
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THE MAGAZINE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ALL, AND TO JOIN US, GO TO THE MAGAZINE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ALL, AND TO JOIN US, GO TO THE MAGAZINE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ALL, AND TO JOIN US, GO TO WWW.ALL-LANGUAGES.ORG.UK
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Two of these were bumper editions with extra pages included because of the number of relevant, good quality articles submitted. LT Extra continues to provide readers with extended content and fuller references that cannot be included in the hard copy of the magazine. A digital version is provided for certain membership categories, and a sampler for each edition is available to all from the website.

Languages Today Reviews Editor, Carol Hughes, has announced her decision to step down from the role gradually; previous President Liz Black has joined her to work as co-Editors for the time being. For sustainability, Carol has suggested producing a ‘How to …’ advice list for future editors, to go alongside the guide to LT Proofreaders and LT writers created by Steven Fawkes.

ALL also published an offprint from LT of the spread: My Best Ten ideas for a Festival. - - - - https://www.all languages.org.uk/product category/resources/my best 10/

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CPD – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS OF LANGUAGES

The ALL webinar programme, supported by volunteers, continued in 2024-25 to serve people across the country and more widely:

PHOrum – the termly meeting online for Primary Language teachers, led by Sue Cave.

ITET-forum – an occasional event for teacher trainers /educators with an annual conference, led by volunteers from the community

ALL Social Zoom , the monthly meeting online for trainee and ECT Language teachers, hosted by members of the ITET-forum.

STALL , the termly meeting online for Secondary Language teachers, with hosts Esmeralda Salgado, Greg Horton and Vincent Everett.

Francophonie en direct , the termly meeting online for teachers of French, with Steven Fawkes.

German Zone Live , the termly event for teachers of German, with the Action Group for German.

HHCL webinars are planned, usually termly, by a group of volunteers from different associations around the UK and hosted by ALL, principally for teachers of Home, Heritage or Community Languages but all are welcome. Hosted by Steven Fawkes.

Decolonising the curriculum – for Primary colleagues, chaired by Darnelle ConstantShepherd and Amy Lennon.

ALL Leaders webinar – for Heads of Department in Secondary schools, and/or Language Coordinators in Primary, hosted by Catherine Ames

As well as occasional webinars organised for the Arabic Zone Live and Mandarin Zone live.

ALL London also hosts its own webinars, including the TILT sessions

ALL in the East hosts hybrid meetings to give access over a wide geographical area - from Lincolnshire down to Essex, thanks to Rachel Hawkes and Vincent Everrett.

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Language World (LW) 2025 attracted a larger number of delegates than in recent years - - - - - https://www.all languages.org.uk/research practice/language world conference archive/

Carol Hughes was awarded the ALL Fellowship to mark her contribution to the work of the Association over many years in the Essex and East Anglian Branch, and her work as Reviews Editor of the Association magazine.

The theme for LW 26 has been selected and launched to members:

and a larger venue than recently has been booked to respond to the growing size of the conference in recent years.

ALL speakers were, as ever, invited to contribute to events hosted by our partners and other providers.

Meetings of sectoral and special interest groups were held online:

Example:

Decolonising the Primary Languages Curriculum SIG, focus – Resources

Maud Waret (ALL Council Member & a leading classroom practitioner in the field of decolonising the Language Curriculum & senior curriculum developer at the National Consortium for Language Education and resource contributor for Pearson) delivered a resource-packed presentation, sharing how she used the Degas and Miss La La exhibition (summer 2024 at the National Gallery) to create decolonised classroom resources for the primary French classroom.

Decolonising Secondary Languages Curriculum Special Interest Group

Partnerships update

Conferences/Events

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Jan 2025 – Poster conference at the House of Lords; ALL Decolonise SIG presented key policy recommendations (teacher racial literacy; subject content revisions particularly vocab lists and KS5 texts; more expansive list of accredited languages). With thanks to ALL colleagues - Steven, Rene, Judith, Crista and Steve Bailey for support with this application and expertise with production.

Individual Languages / Sectoral groups:

e.g. several editions of German Zone Live and Francophonie en direct

ALL Local activity

This map was designed for the Language World programme 2025 and will be updated annually:

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A new network (ALL Cymru) was launched for teachers in Wales, which has its own specific challenges for Languages teachers – both in terms of geography and the curriculum. It plans to offer online events (as well as in-person where possible).

Another new group was created in Liverpool in collaboration with ALL Corporate member Global Schools Alliance.

In the tradition of the ALL Forum, an occasional online meeting for representatives of ALL Local groups was held this year, giving volunteers the opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss issues of shared concern. There is an associated WhatsApp group which people can opt into.

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A FLAVOUR OF ACTIVITY THIS YEAR FROM ALL’S LOCAL GROUPS:

ALL Cymru network celebrated a very successful online launch thanks to a great session from Vincent Everett on “Promoting spontaneous speech and extended writing in the target language.” Highly practical and full of ideas to take straight back to the classroom, the feedback from attendees has been extremely positive. If you weren’t able to join us on the day, the recording is now available for ALL Members to download from the ALL Cymru page:

Vincent also talked us through how the ALL East of England Branch, which shares the same geographical challenges as Cymru, is organised, with both in person and online attendance possible.

Estyn, Cymru’s inspection body, has just published a thematic review of International Languages in Wales, in which teachers talk of the need for accessible professional learning opportunities and support networks. We are delighted that we now have Hwbs set up so that colleagues have the choice of attending our next event, planned for early November, in person or online. Michelle Massey and Catherine Woodward will lead a session on “AI generated music in the Languages classroom.”

Language teachers who teach in Wales can join the ALL Cymru network here.

The ALL South Coast and Isle of Wight branch was originally launched back in 2021, but was rather halted in its tracks by the pandemic. This year, Greg Horton, Sadie Thompson and Kathryn Broom have relaunched the branch.

On the morning of Saturday 5 July, we held our relaunch meeting in the School of Education building at Southampton University. It was attended by fifteen teachers from the local mainland and one from the Isle of Wight. There was a vibe of positive collaboration and healthy discussion provoked by three mini-presentations covering speaking skills, phonics and cultural engagement.

For the next academic year 2025-26, we hope to build on this initial success and offer an expanded programme of events and networking possibilities.

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ALL Essex and East Anglian Branch

This year had been one of continued re-building within the branch after Covid. We are an active committee and are making every effort to meet the needs of teachers locally. We are particularly pleased to have recruited a local teacher, Jo Davies, to the committee and to have retained Ryan Pinnock, who joined us in March 2024, as many of the committee members are retired.

We now hold many of our meetings on-line, as this makes more effective use of time, though we do value the social aspect of being a committee which works and interacts well together.

Our May Conference took place in May at the lovely Woodbridge School in Suffolk. We had a strong programme for the event, entitled “Meeting the Future Head On” . Our Keynote Speaker was Ben Merritt, with the title “Harnessing the Power of AI in the MFL Classroom” , followed by workshops and lunch.

Thirty delegates attended.

We find it difficult to communicate with schools/possible interested parties in order to advertise ourselves. In addition, we need to sell the idea of networking to a whole new group of practitioners, who primarily use technology to help them with their queries instead of mixing with others and making valuable contacts, which helps to boost confidence and share many ideas simultaneously.

We shall be investigating sponsorship for our “Have Your Say” Competition and are considering increasing the cost to schools of participation. This was our Main Event once again and has been running for over 30 years, most of them under the organisation of the late Val Pratt. After a re-start in the Colchester/North Essex and Suffolk area last year, we expanded again into the south of the county, holding a first-round heat in Westcliff-on-Sea, as well as one in Colchester and one in Woodbridge. The Final, drawn from the three first-round heats, was held in Colchester on 14 May 2025, with 240 students attending from 18 schools. We are truly grateful to the Thomas Lord Audley School for hosting the Final every single year.

We are extremely grateful to Lucia Verona, a key member of the committee, for her excellent organisation of both events, to which she has dedicated huge amounts of time.

This year has also seen a 6th Form Event taking place for the first time in many years, entitled “Languages Live” and organised by a former Committee member, Claire Robinson, and her colleague Clare Kelly.

Students from North-East Essex and Suffolk performed a range of items in French, German and Spanish in front of judges. Sponsorship came from a number of institutions, both local and national. The branch also provided some financial support. It was a great event and will hopefully be repeated! We need to do all we can to encourage students to continue to learn languages to a high level and to put their knowledge to use and increase their confidence at the same time.

Finally, it is important to recognise more formally Carol Hughes, our current Vice-Chair on the committee, who was given the award of ALL Fellow at the recent Language World Conference. Our heartfelt congratulations to her! How lucky we are to have her working with us here in East Anglia! In addition, we would like to mention Jackie Whitbread, who has served on the committee for many, many years and is about to turn 80. What service to MFL!

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ALL West of England Review of Activities 2024–25

The Primary Hub continued to grow in strength and reach over the past year, with events rotating between different schools to encourage broader participation. There has been growing enthusiasm and engagement from primary colleagues, with several new members attending regularly. The format of inperson sessions has remained effective , particularly given our

relatively compact geographical region, and we agreed to maintain this approach for now.

Sarah represented our region at the national ALL Primary Hub meeting and reported that while many hubs operate online or in hybrid formats due to wider catchment areas, our model of in-person events remains viable and valuable . There is now the potential to offer recorded or repeat presentations at other hubs nationally to extend the reach of our most impactful sessions.

Planning for next year includes a continued mix of practical classroom-focused content and opportunities for informal networking . The inclusion of the FL Primary Bee in our October meeting is a welcome addition and a chance to raise our profile further. Our thanks to Hannah and Sarah for their leadership and coordination of the Hub.

2. Sixth Form Lectures

The 2025 ALL West of England Sixth Form Lectures were held on Wednesday 12 February at the University of Bristol, School of Chemistry , and once again proved to be a highlight of the year. A total of 226 attendees took part – 191 students and 35 teachers – across three language strands:

Lectures were aligned with A-level themes and delivered by university-level speakers:

The inclusion of talks to school students by fourth-year language students from the University of Bristol was once again a major success, offering relatable and inspiring perspectives on language learning, university life, and year abroad experiences. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive, and the event ran smoothly, with praise for both the venue and the organisation.

Attendance in Spanish and French remained strong, though numbers in German were lower than previous years. To address this, earlier and more targeted promotion will be essential for future editions. We are already in contact with potential speakers for 2026 and plan to build on the current format while improving outreach and partnerships.

3. “New GCSE, New Ideas” Show & Tell Event

Held on Wednesday 4 June 2025 at Redland Green School , this in-person networking event brought together 40 language teachers from across the region for an evening of professional exchange, inspiration, and collaboration. Themed around the implementation of the new GCSE specifications, the event featured:

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• A resource swap table

Presentations from colleagues covered a wide range of topics, including differentiated assessment, dictation and reading strategies, creative speaking tasks, and CI-based questioning. Feedback from attendees was extremely positive, with particular appreciation for the friendly atmosphere and practical classroom focus.

This event reaffirmed the value of in-person CPD and peer-to-peer sharing. Suggestions for future events include more targeted themes (e.g. fluency, spontaneity), A-level-specific sessions, and further support with assessment and resource development.

ALL North East Branch

ALLNE has continued to provide a regular email newsletter to members in the region; in this we highlight many online meetings from ALL’s different groups (reported elsewhere).

We host the annual national European Day of Languages writing competition and hosted this year the second national (primary) Calligrams celebration.

ALLNE works with partners on the region on a number of motivational, strategic and citizenship-focussed projects, described here by one of our key partners.

ALLNE and Newcastle City of Languages

meetings online are opportunities to explore challenges, share learning and experience, gain insights from expert contributors and find out about resources, training and support for language learning and teaching. Teachers share their own experiences and identify issues for discussion. Each group has a padlet online, where opportunities and resources are shared

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ALLNE (ALL) and Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages

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Partnerships

ALL has over forty key partners with whom it works on a regular basis. They encompass all educational sectors and include UK and EU governmental and non-governmental bodies, foreign embassies and cultural institutes, other professional and subject associations in the UK and abroad, private companies and others. During the period covered by this report ALL has continued to benefit from its relationship with IFRU (the Institut français in the UK), the Goethe-Institut in London, the Consejeria de Educacion, British Council, the DAAD, the Austrian Cultural Forum, OeAD and new cultural partners contacted in the development of new Zones and the Languages Gateway, where ALL is represented on the Editorial Board.

ALL continues to have close relationships with

APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages)

ASCL (Association of School and College Leaders)

CLIE (Committee for Linguistics in Education)

ISMLA (independent Schools Modern Languages Association

NALA (National Association of Language Advisers)

NCLE (National Consortium for Language Education)

NICILT (Northern Ireland Centre for Information on Language Teaching and research) RIPL (Research into Primary Languages)

SALT ( Scottish Association of Language Teachers)

SCILT (Scottish Centre for Information on Language Teaching and research)

UCfL (University Council for Modern Languages)

British Academy

and others.

The profile of the Association continues to be high, as measured by references from other bodies, and in perception of the Association’s activity in the mind of members and the broader community of Language professionals.

Changes in the Editorial Group of The Languages Gateway have allowed more collaboration to take place, and ALL has been active in encouraging members of the ITET (Initial Teacher Education/Training) community to engage with some editorial activity here, with the aim of raising their profile at the same time as supplying stimulating content.

The new, informal, Cities of Languages groupings:

Sheffield (ALL is partnering in a project to collect Multilingual Verses) Conversations are in place, led by ALL volunteers, about a City of Languages branding in London, supported by other partners.

Portsmouth (ALL has supported CPD and conference events; ALL Portsmouth is closely engaged with planning.

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ALL collaborated once again with the British Council and cultural partners in the project around the celebration of Speaking. Express Yourself (#CelebrateSpeaking) is now a regular online activity for learners, and language speakers, of all ages, asking them to record a short oral presentation (a recitation, an anecdote etc.) which is shared on X (Twitter).

The celebration event ran again over several weeks and encouraged schools and colleges to run their own internal events on the same theme. It culminated with a live online event hosted by an ALL Trustee with British Council colleagues.

ALL collaborates with the Institut Français (IFRU) to promote the Jour du prof and French events nationally and locally, including the French Pop Video competition and does the same for the Spanish Embassy, Goethe-Institut London and other cultural partners, as well as disseminating details of other professionally-related activity (e.g. Austrian Days and IDV conference.)

As in previous years, ALL supported the following events:

The ALL SIG ‘Decolonising the Secondary Language Curriculum’ works in partnership with the publisher Pearson.

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GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY

Overseas professional links and contacts

ALL continues in its membership of the world federation of associations of language teachers, FIPLV, and in the international federation of associations of teachers of German, IDV. ALL is also a named network partner of the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD). OeAD, the Austrian Cultural Forum London and ALL co-hosted the annual Austrian Day in autumn 2025, a professional development day for teachers and lecturers of German. Case study:

ALL’s relationship with Francophonia in Nice continues. In Summer 2025 ALL Member Naomi Eglinton attended the Université de l’été and reported on it. ALL published her report both in the Francophonie Zone, and in the Primary Zone (to encourage Primary teachers to consider attending in future.

https://www.all-languages.org.uk/research-practice/language-zones/francophonie/ in

Recent Events

and

https://www.all-languages.org.uk/primary-2/primary-events/ in Recent Events

The impact report: ‘What next after Nice’ is especially interesting.

To join up our messaging we have also invited Naomi to address a webinar on this theme.

Collaboration will be a feature of activity on 2025-26 when the Association has a coPresidential team for the first time.

As a model, in Summer 2025 ALL was invited by Corporate partner Twinkl to co-design resources for the European Day of Languages in September. The plan is to make a set of free online resources for downloading which will be available for an extended period of time; the theme will be about Nursery Rhymes, and the resources will mostly be relevant in Primary settings. Twinkl has a design team who can produce attractive, age-appropriate learning resources. Details will appear in next year’s Report.

Alongside this, and to support and engage our multilingual school population, ALL and Sheffield City of Languages are creating a web area called Multilingual Verses, where we hope schools will share childhood texts (equivalent of nursery rhymes in different cultures). The idea is to invite submissions of

And to create a celebratory resource for classes to explore - for Language Awareness / Literacy purposes or simply for pleasure.

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AREAS REQUIRING SUPPORT

At ALL Council meeting we heard from colleagues of the situation in Northern Ireland where progress in Education policy was delayed by political matters; there is, for instance not yet any statutory provision of Primary Languages, and the funding for NICILT activity has been lost.

Across the country teacher recruitment remains a matter of concern: members of the ITETForum and others were invited to present the issues at APPG, and they were explored further – especially in relation to trainee teachers from overseas – at the annual ITET Forum seminar.

Alongside this, subject-specific support for mentors in schools is a difficult area: the mentors are volunteers, and are often not allowed any time for Languages-related training.

In support of trainee / student teachers, and of ECTs we have provided the annual refreshment of the Trainee Teacher Welcome resources (Powerpoint) and of the related Shortcut documents. Also we gave refreshed the ALL free publication: ECTs at the heart of ALL , available here:

The regular Social Zoom webinars are now well established.

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WEBSITE DEVELOPMENTS

An ALL Trustee spent considerable time reviewing content and design of the ALL website and produced detailed advice which has now been passed on to a new member of staff.

Website content is refreshed regularly but we have identified that members do not always locate it. In response a ‘New on the website‘ feature was inaugurated in ALLNet to highlight new content to readers. This example is from July 2025

Progress of the Curriculum and Assessment Review:

Arabic Reading Competition 2025

Arabic Day 2025

ALL LIverpool Network:

Briefings:

GCSE Content changes

Language Trends 2025

Recordings:

German Zone Live / Kafka Corner:

Francophonie en direct / French phonics:

A new area of the website was launched this year to bring together details of the work going on in Cities of Languages: - https://www.all languages.org. - - uk/cities of languages/

This page is open to all.

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EVENTS FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS

ALL Essex and East Anglia hosted its well-established event ‘Have your say‘ – see report above.

ALL West of England held Sixth Form lectures

The ALLNE EDoL Writing Competition 2024 was themed Together . Report here:

The national celebration for Primary schools called Calligrams launched last year was repeated in early 2025.

A specific North-East Festival of Languages edition was also launched. The Festival, supported by ALLNE, obtained funding to grow its activity this year and achieved a major success in engaging 97 000 children and young people in 2025.

Report on the Festival here: https://expressyourselfne.com/

Portsmouth City of Languages and Sheffield City of Languages, both of which include ALL partners, held competitions for learners.

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HOW OUR ACTIVITIES DELIVER PUBLIC BENEFIT

As well as Member-only resources, ALL provides many of its updates and articles in the openaccess areas of the website to support the wider community of language professionals in line with a public service ethos.

and the areas of Guidance and Advice for Primary and Secondary professionals.

The Chinese and Arabic Zones, and the HHCL Zone are currently open to all, to encourage members of these communities to contribute and consider joining the Association.

Members (individual, group, corporate) are the direct beneficiaries of our activities but ALL events and a number of our services (e.g. webinars) are open to all teachers of languages, regardless of whether they are members or not, thus providing opportunities for all language teachers to receive both information and professional development focused on their needs.

Some of the funded work we have done in the past has allowed us to develop resources and other services (often online) which are still freely available to language teachers everywhere, such as the ALL Literature wiki, ALL Connect CPD resources and the associated themed wikis, and all of the resources of the Erasmus+ funded projects: THE LANGUAGE MAGICIAN. ELAPSE and KNIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN GRAIL.

Some ALL local groups also provide wide support through their online work: webinars are hosted regularly by ALL London, for instance, recorded for later viewing on request and advertised on social media.

Through its activities for learners ALL also supports and promotes language teaching in the UK. This benefits not only the learners themselves but also the teaching community, in so far as these initiatives promote lifelong language learning, raise aspirations, and illustrate, for example:

They also provide additional enrichment activities upon which language teachers are able to build to enhance the progress and achievement of their students.

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Dedicated pages on our website house information to support all language teachers:

ALL strives to support discrete groups of teachers who may need specific support, or be isolated from the mainstream:

This support is especially important in times of continuing financial stringency, when many structures have disappeared, when teachers risk isolation (e.g. in Primary) and when there are shrinking departments in Secondary schools.

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MEMBERSHIP

Members’ services

ALL Council members were encouraged at their in-person meeting to champion a specific project or initiative to attract new members and support existing ones. Projects include:

Teacher Briefings were published on these themes:

er Briefngswere publis hed on these themes:
September 2024 39 Recent articles
September 2024 40 Curriculum Review Announcement
September 2024 41 Changes to Ofsted School Inspection Handbook
February 2025 42 SEND Code of Practice
April 2025 43 Interim CAR report
July 2025 44 GCSE Content changes
July 2025 45 Language Trends 2025

Special Interest Groups: The existing Decolonising the Curriculum SIGs continued their work (reported above) which included representation at the House of Lords, and a new SIG on - - Creativity was established https://www.all languages.org.uk/creativity sig/

In light of the Curriculum and Assessment Review a proposal is under consideration for a Curriculum SIG.

Recognising member contributions: the range of ALL Logos (created last year) was continued and expanded this year.

Our ongoing work on empowering members to become writers and speakers has continued through the activity of Events and Publications.

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REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1001826

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED

31 AUGUST 2025 FOR

ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

Maple Accountancy Ltd Carter House, Wyvern Court, Stanier Way, Derby, DE21 6BF

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ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

Page
Page
Reference and Administrative 1
31
Details Report of the Trustees 2
32
Independent Examiner's Report 3
33
Statement of Financial Activities 4
34
Balance Sheet 5
35
Notes to the Financial Statements 6 to 11
36 to 41
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 12
42

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ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

TRUSTEES

Professor René Koglbauer Richard Fairbairn Steven Fawkes Helen Myers MBE Professor Anna Lise Gordon Elizabeth Beverley Jane Driver Judith Rifeser

PRINCIPAL ADDRESS

1A Duffield Road Little Eaton Derby DE21 5DR

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER

1001826

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER

Maple Accountancy Ltd Carter House Wyvern Court Stanier Way Derby DE21 6BF

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ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 12 March 2026 and signed on its behalf by:

Professor René Koglbauer - Trustee

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Association for Language Learning

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Association for Language Learning (the Trust) for the year ended 31 August 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Jennifer Priestley Maple Accountancy Ltd Carter House Wyvern Court Stanier Way Derby Derbyshire DE21 6BF

Jennifer Priestley 6 March 2026

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ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

Unrestricted
funds
Notes
£
95,999
2
81,577
3
16,218
193,794
4
28,240
129,522
157,762
36,032
496,189
INCOME
AND
ENDOWMENTS
FROM
Donations and legacies
Other trading activities
Investment income
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
Other
Total
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
532,221		 2025
2024
Restricted
Total
Total
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
137,108
108,946
12,357
193,794
258,411
28,240
43,256
500
130,022
137,459
500
158,262
180,715
(500)
77,696
31,670
527,859
450,163
31,170
563,391
527,859
95,999
81,577
16,218
-
-
-
-
-
35,532

The notes form part of these financial statements

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ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

BALANCE SHEET 31 AUGUST 2025

Unrestricted
funds
Notes
£
7
344
8
2,205
9
100
573,260
575,565
10
(43,688)
531,877
532,221
532,221
11
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Investments
Cash at bank
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
NET ASSETS
FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS		 2025
Restricted
Total
funds
funds
£
£
-
6,080
100
31,170
570,916
31,170
606,735
577,096
(49,237)
31,170
563,047
527,859
31,170
563,391
527,859
31,170
563,391
527,859
532,221
496,189
31,170
31,670
563,391
527,859
2024
Total
funds
£
344
2,205
100
604,430
-
-
-
(43,688)

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on the 12th March 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

Professor René Koglbauer - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2022. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Fixtures and fittings - 25% on cost

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES 2025 2024
£ £
Branch income 10,461 17,558
Language World (3,695) 873
Subscriptions 74,811 90,515
81,577 108,946

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ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

  1. INVESTMENT INCOME
3. INVESTMENT INCOME
2025 2024
£ £
Deposit account interest 16,218 12,357
4. RAISING FUNDS
Raising donations and legacies
2025 2024
£ £
Branch Expenditure 9,896 16,376
Support costs 18,344 26,880
28,240 43,256

5. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 August 2025 nor for the year ended 31 August 2024.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 August 2025 nor for the year ended 31 August 2024.

6. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds funds
£ £ £
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
FROM Donations and legacies 98,399 38,709 137,108
Other trading activities 108,946 - 108,946
Investment income 12,357 - 12,357
Total 219,702 38,709 258,411
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds 43,256 - 43,256
Other 104,074 33,385 137,459
Total 147,330 33,385 180,715
NET INCOME 72,372 5,324 77,696
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 423,817 26,346 450,163
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED
FORWARD		 496,189 31,670 527,859

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ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

  1. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
COST
At 1 September 2024
Additions
At 31 August 2025
DEPRECIATION
At 1 September 2024
Charge for year
At 31 August 2025
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 August 2025
At 31 August 2024
8.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Trade debtors
VAT
9.
CURRENT ASSET INVESTMENTS
Shares in group undertakings
10.
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Trade creditors
Other creditors		 2025
£
(1,118)
3,323
2,205
2025
£
100
2025
£
43,744
(56)
43,688		 Fixtures
and
fittings
£
42,935
458
43,393
42,935
114
43,049
344
-
2024
£
1,009
5,071
6,080
2024
£
100
2024
£
49,237
48,660
577

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ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Net
movement At
At 1.9.24 in funds 31.8.25
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 482,876 36,032 518,908
Erasmus KA2 13,313 - 13,313
496,189 36,032 532,221
Restricted funds
Margaret Truss Fund 20,722 (500) 20,222
Language Futures 243 - 243
Japanese Language Committee Grant 1,379 - 1,379
KA1 CLIL Courses 9,326 - 9,326
31,670 (500) 31,170
TOTAL FUNDS 527,859 35,532 563,391
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 193,794 (157,762 ) 36,032
Restricted funds
Margaret Truss Fund - (500) (500)
TOTAL FUNDS 193,794 (158,262 ) 35,532
Comparatives for movement in funds Net
movement At
At 1.9.23 in funds 31.8.24
TOTAL FUNDS £ £ £
412,517 70,359 482,876
11,300 2,013 13,313
423,817 72,372 496,189
21,130 (408) 20,772
243 - 243
1,379 - 1,379
3,594 5,732 9,326
26,346 5,324 31,670
450,163 77,696 527,859

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ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 217,689 (147,330 ) 70,359
Erasmus KA2 2,013 - 2,013
219,702 (147,330 ) 72,372
Restricted funds
Margaret Truss Fund - (408) (408)
KA1 CLIL Courses 38,709 (32,977) 5,732
38,709 (33,385) 5,324
TOTAL FUNDS 258,411 (180,715) 77,696

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:

Net
movement At
At 1.9.23 in funds 31.8.25
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 412,517 106,391 518,908
Erasmus KA2 11,300 2,013 13,313
423,817 108,404 532,221
Restricted funds
Margaret Truss Fund 21,130 (908) 20,222
Language Futures 243 - 243
Japanese Language Committee Grant 1,379 - 1,379
KA1 CLIL Courses 3,594 5,732 9,326
26,346 4,824 31,170
TOTAL FUNDS 450,163 113,228 563,391

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ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 411,483 (305,092 ) 106,391
Erasmus KA2 2,013 - 2013
413,496 (305,092) 108,404
Restricted funds
Margaret Truss Fund - (908) (908)
KA1 CLIL Courses 38,709 (32,977) 5,732
38,709 (33,885) 4,824
TOTAL FUNDS 452,205 (338,977) 113,228

12. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 August 2025.

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ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

2025 2024
£ £
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Grants and donations 95,999 137,108
Other trading activities
Branch income 10,461 17,558
Language World (3,695) 873
Subscriptions 74,811 90,515
81,577 108,946
Investment income
Deposit account interest 16,218 12,357
Total incoming resources 193,794 258,411
EXPENDITURE
Raising donations and legacies
Branch Expenditure 9,896 16,376
Other
External staff costs 90,113 73,200
Purchases 39,795 64,259
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 114 -
130,022 137,459
Support costs
Finance
Bank charges 1,497 1,440
Information technology
IT Software & Consumables 7,265 11,993
Other
Insurance 1,743 1,729
Postage and stationery 678 4,844
2,421 6,573
Other 2
Advertising 1,161 813
Governance costs
Accountancy and legal fees 6,000 6,061
Total resources expended 158,262 180,715
Net income 35,532 77,696

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REPRESENTATION, PARTNERSHIP AND INFLUENCE

ALL has been represented by officers, trustees or other expert members on panels and groups where languages education is discussed, bringing the voice of teachers into these debates; ALL representation will continue largely through volunteers and through the ALL Development Manager.

Groups range from those convened by Government to advisory panels for other bodies in languages education (e.g. publishers, examination boards and awarding bodies, Language Alliance, HHCL), to expert groups convened by other agencies (e.g. CfSA).

This year the DfE Curriculum and Assessment Review has been a focus of representational activity, as has the development of collaborative policy-focussed partnerships, such as the Coalition for Languages Education, projects with the Languages Gateway and the British Academy.

RECOGNITION

ALL Trustee and Co-President Elect Steven Fawkes received the FIPLV International Award.

The work of individual members has been given profile by ALL (in Languages Today and ALLNet) and in publications by others.

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PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS

For 2025-26 ALL is looking forward to

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Developing ideas collaboratively:

Reviewing website potential:

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