THE SOCIETY OF LOCAL AUTHORITY CHIEF EXECUTIVES AND SENIOR MANAGERS (SOLACE GROUP) LTD

Registered charity 1084419 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SOLACE FOUNDATION

The charity's aims focus on supporting social welfare through promoting efficiency and good practice in local government. Activities include: development and training for public service leaders; influencing public service policy debates based on membership expertise; building the integrity and reputation of public service management; supporting local public service leadership recruitment.

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net income of £185,238 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £1,943,873. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with freely available reserves of £1,189,234. The organization operates a defined contribution pension scheme and maintains a trading subsidiary that contributes to charitable aims.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SMH Jolliffe Cork Audit Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Graeme McDonald — Managing Director (source)
• Paul Humphreys — Chief Operating Officer (source)
• Robin Tuddenham — President & Chair of Solace Policy Board (source)
• Kath O'Dwyer — Chair (source)
• Richard Carr — Chair (Solace in Business Board) (source)
• Pippa Milne — Chair (Scotland) (source)
• Rob Thomas — Chair (Wales) (source)
• Marie Ward — Chair (Northern Ireland) (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.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (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: 64.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Mark Hill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adele Joanne Steven
• Bernadette Mary Kathleen Marjoram
• Christopher David Naylor
• Evonne Rogers
• Georgia Kate Doe
• Jonathan Roy Stephenson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathryn Ruth O'Dwyer
• Kim Wright
• Nazeya Hussain-Duke
• Paul Renato Frainer
• Rachel Annette Louise McKoy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Charles Carr
• Robert Geoffrey Sarson Weaver
• Robin John Tuddenham
• Sarah Jane Garner
• Sarah Katharine Hall
• Sean Patrick Hanson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas John Stannard

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOLACE WOMEN'S AID.

• SOLACE WOMEN'S AID income £15.8m
• SOCIAL LIFE OPPORTUNITIES (SOLO) income £2.3m
• SOLACE SURVIVING EXILE AND PERSECUTION income £1.2m
• THE LEADERSHIP CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT income £1.9m
• PALLION ACTION GROUP income £1.1m
• LOCALITY (UK) income £9.1m

Side by side with its peers

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