SUNNY MOUNT (KNOWLE)

Registered charity 1063041 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUNNY MOUNT

The provision of accommodation and care for people with learning disabilities.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND THOSE WHO ARE SEVERELY MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE SOUTH SOLIHULL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £172,775 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its total unrestricted reserves from £1,283,434 to £1,103,396. Per the trustees' report, the charity retains considerable cash reserves, primarily from the sale of land in 2009, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buckler Spencer Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03371270

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.

• BOER, Gezinus Harm, Professor — director, appointed 01/05/2024on trustee list
• MATTOCKS, David Charles — director, appointed 26/02/2004on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Sunny Mount (Knowle) — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 17/10/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~43.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Sunny Mount (Knowle) Limited - 127 Longdon Road: Good (15/11/2022) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID CHARLES MATTOCKS
• Dr Gezinus Harm Boer

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

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