NOVALIS TRUST

Registered charity 1103955 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COTSWOLD CHINE AND PARADISE HOUSE LIMITED, COTSWOLD CHINE SCHOOL, THE NOVALIS TRUST LIMITED

Operates Cotswold Chine School and William Morris School (both of which are special schools for children with complex learning needs) and Paradise House (a residential care home for adults with learning difficulties).

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Financial health, per its FY2022 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £20,756,625, driven by a net incoming resource of £1,192,218. The charity holds unrestricted operational general funds of £13,155,922 and a property revaluation reserve of £6,959,973, indicating strong asset backing and liquidity.

Automated summary of the FY2022 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hazlewoods LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05114710
• Trading subsidiary: NOVALIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED Companies House 07979523

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

Reported reserves equal ~16.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; 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).

• Paradise House Painswick: Good (03/04/2019) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/11/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/09/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Daniel Walton
• Elizabeth Buckland
• Gregory Moss
• Martin Stern
• Maureen Smith

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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