CHAILEY HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1075837 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHAILEY HERITAGE SCHOOL

Chailey Heritage Foundation, based in Sussex, provides education and care services for children and young people with complex disabilities and health needs. The Charity has a special school, residential and community services for both children and young adults, as well as a range of day services for young adults.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£18.4m

Latest spending

£18.0m

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £401k, driven significantly by £400k in unanticipated legacy income, resulting in a net income of £480k. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £5.5m, which is above the trustees' agreed target range of £4m to £5m, providing a buffer for working capital and uninsured risks. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue as a going concern, with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £4m to £5m (held: £5.5m)

“the Trustees agreed a revised free reserves target range of £4m to £5m”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from related parties

“Donations totalling £3k (2024: £2.8k) were received from related parties (Trustees and employees) during the year without conditions.”

“During the year, the Charity received a donation of £nil (2024 : £17k) from Jewell Bequest in relation to the employment of a family liaison officer. A charity in which one of the Trustees is also a trustee.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Jewell Bequest donation

“Donations totalling £3k (2024: £2.8k) were received from related parties (Trustees and employees) during the year without conditions.”

“During the year, the Charity received a donation of £nil (2024 : £17k) from Jewell Bequest in relation to the employment of a family liaison officer. A charity in which one of the Trustees is also a trustee.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Serious Incident Reports

“During the year, the Trustees submitted two Serious Incident Reports to Charity Commission in total. One concerned a current employee and the other incident involving fraud against one of our donors.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Chailey Heritage Foundation opens innovative new learning space to bring children across the community together sussexexpress.co.uk · 09/06/2026
Help raise vital funds for Chailey Heritage Foundation ashdownradio.com · 27/08/2025
Youngsters with complex disabilities raise money at Chailey Heritage Foundation triathlon sussexexpress.co.uk · 15/04/2025
Masons present cheque to Chailey Heritage Foundation sussexexpress.co.uk · 23/09/2024
Chailey Heritage Foundation honoured by former High Sheriff of East Sussex’s second visit sussexexpress.co.uk · 08/06/2023
Chailey Heritage Foundation to hold careers event ashdownradio.com · 17/04/2023
Chailey Heritage Foundation near Haywards Heath calls for others to join amazing charity challenge sussexexpress.co.uk · 28/02/2023
Chailey Heritage Foundation set to launch Big Give 2022 challenge ashdownradio.com · 28/11/2022

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03769775

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chailey Heritage Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Richard Green — Headteacher (source)
Emma Dewe — Deputy Headteacher (source)
Oner Ozdamar — Assistant Headteacher (source)
Paula Marten — Assistant Headteacher (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).

St George's Day Club — “We'd like to say a huge thank you to St George's Day Club for funding a brand-new MOTOmed for our gym at The Activity Place.” (source page)
Fuego Lounge — “Fuego Lounge community raises more than £6,400 for Chailey Heritage FoundationChailey Heritage Foundation is celebrating the incredible supp…” (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.

PATEL, Kaushika Nareschchandra — director, appointed 14/07/2026on trustee list
GARRETT, Helen Joan — director, appointed 14/07/2026on trustee list
SONI, Ashok, Professor — director, appointed 05/02/2026on trustee list
HART, Christina — director, appointed 30/10/2025on trustee list
TAYLOR, Joanne — director, appointed 15/10/2025on trustee list
BLANCHARD, Neil — director, appointed 15/10/2025on trustee list
BROWN, Chris James — director, appointed 15/10/2025on trustee list
OTA, Jonathan Benjamin — director, appointed 15/10/2025on trustee list
PROWER, Deirdre — director, appointed 15/10/2025on trustee list
GARLAND, Denise — director, appointed 16/11/2020on trustee list
CHILCOTT, Darren — director, appointed 17/12/2019on trustee list
BENNETT, Neil Edward Francis — director, appointed 10/12/2018on trustee list
GROVER, Alison Charlotte — director, appointed 10/12/2018on trustee list
CLARK, Jennifer Mary — director, appointed 14/07/2016on trustee list
CREAMER, Mark Francis — director, appointed 28/03/2002on trustee list
DUFF, Fiona Jane — secretary, appointed 10/05/2006

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

CQC provider record: Chailey Heritage Foundation — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 09/03/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£18.4m

Total spending

£18.0m

Cost of raising funds

£202k

Reserves (reported)

£5.5m

Employees

442

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (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).

Futures: Good (26/05/2026) · CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MARK FRANCIS CREAMERchair
Alison Grover
Chris Brown
Christina Hart
Darren Chilcott
Deirdre Prower · trustee of 1 other charity
Denise Garland
Helen Joan Garrett
Jennifer Mary Clark
Joanne Taylor
Jonathan Ota
Kaushika Nareshchandra Patel
Neil Blanchard
Neil Edward Francis Bennett
Professor Ashok Soni

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£18.4m	£18.0m
31/08/2024	£18.0m	£17.1m
31/08/2023	£15.6m	£15.4m
31/08/2022	£14.2m	£14.2m
31/08/2021	£13.1m	£13.7m

Common questions

Is CHAILEY HERITAGE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £401k, driven significantly by £400k in unanticipated legacy income, resulting in a net income of £480k. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £5.5m, which is above the trustees' agreed target range of £4m to £5m, providing a buffer for working capital and uninsured risks. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue as a going concern, with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds CHAILEY HERITAGE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHAILEY HERITAGE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION, THE DERVIA FOUNDATION, ZURICH COMMUNITY TRUST (UK) LIMITED, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BAND TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION	FY2022	£149k
THE DERVIA FOUNDATION	FY2025	£50k
ZURICH COMMUNITY TRUST (UK) LIMITED	FY2021	£34k	Local Grants
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£20k	Care of People with Learning Disabilities
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£15k
THE BAND TRUST	FY2024	£15k	Disabled
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k	Heritage
SUMNER WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2023	£10k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2024	£8k	Other grants
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2025	£7k
PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£5k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2024	£5k	General
PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE ULVERSCROFT FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k	Grants approved in year
SUMNER WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2022	£4k
THE BOLTINI TRUST	FY2025	£4k
THE BOLTINI TRUST	FY2024	£4k
PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2024	£2k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
SSP FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k	Estate Fund
THE S M B TRUST	FY2023	£1k
SSP FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
SSP FOUNDATION	FY2022	£500
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	FY2025	£0	Grant funding of activities

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/02/2026	£19k	Aquamovers Pre-School Group for children with disabilities
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/02/2023	£10k	Patchwork Therapeutic Care Farm for young people with disabilities
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/12/2021	£10k	Aquamovers Pre-school Group
UK government	06/08/2020	£10k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England	12/06/2018	£50k	Indoor Sports Facility

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY	1	—
THE BLAGRAVE TRUST	1	£91k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£90k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k
QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUST	1	£20k
ATKIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF ACTUARIES CHARITY	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHAIGELEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

CHAIGELEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £3.8m
HERITAGE CHARITY LONDON income £154k
THE CHASELEY TRUST income £6.6m
CHESTERHILL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £107k
THE CHAMWELL CENTRE CHARITY income £530k
Chesterfield and District Society for People with a Disability income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHAILEY HERITAGE FOUNDATION	£18.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CHAIGELEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£3.8m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
HERITAGE CHARITY LONDON FY2025	£154k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHASELEY TRUST FY2024	£6.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CHESTERHILL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£107k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHAMWELL CENTRE CHARITY FY2025	£530k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.