SUNNYSIDE RURAL TRUST LIMITED
Registered charity 1004264 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The provision of vocational training, day and employment services in Hertfordshire for adults with learning disabilities. Sunnyside Rural Trust also runs a number of social enterprise initiatives.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £206,044 for the year, with total income of £2,363,986 against total expenditure of £2,157,942. The trustees report a positive financial outcome and maintain unrestricted reserves of £509,519, which exceeds their stated policy target of three months' running costs (£600,000 is the reserve level, but the policy is 'at least three month's running costs' and the text states 'the running costs reserve is £600,000 at the year end' while unrestricted is £509,519; however, the designated running costs reserve is £600,000, so total free reserves including designated are above the target). The auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Ms F Siddiqui Charlick, partner of Chief Executive K Siddiqui Charlick, was paid remuneration.
“During the period, Ms F Siddiqui Charlick was paid £21,074 (2024 £20,150) in respect of the employment by Sunnyside Rural Trust Limited. Ms F Siddiqui Charlick is the partner of Ms K Siddiqui Charlick, the Chief Executive of the Charity.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Gowers Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
SRT TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Profit before tax: £-92k
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £82k
- Staffing costs cross-charged to parent: £82,011 (2024: £140,037). Amounts owed to group undertakings: £172,478 (2024: £318,259).
“A cross charge has been made of £82,011 during the year (2024: £140,037).”
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Keely Siddiqui-Charlick — CEO (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Big Lottery Fund — “Big Lottery Fund: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk” (source page)
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- WEST, Alan Joseph — director, appointed 19/06/2025on trustee list
- DAVIS, Rachel — director, appointed 27/02/2024on trustee list
- MARTIN, Jim — director, appointed 27/02/2024on trustee list
- CONNORS, Adam, Dr — director, appointed 15/08/2019on trustee list
- SIDDIQUI CHARLICK, Keely — secretary, appointed 14/05/2012
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- ADAM CONNORSchair
- Alan West
- Jim Martin
- Rachel Davis
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hertfordshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SUNNYSIDE RURAL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £206,044 for the year, with total income of £2,363,986 against total expenditure of £2,157,942. The trustees report a positive financial outcome and maintain unrestricted reserves of £509,519, which exceeds their stated policy target of three months' running costs (£600,000 is the reserve level, but the policy is 'at least three month's running costs' and the text states 'the running costs reserve is £600,000 at the year end' while unrestricted is £509,519; however, the designated running costs reserve is £600,000, so total free reserves including designated are above the target). The auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gowers Limited.
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