THE SECKFORD FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1110964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Seckford Foundation promotes the education of the young and the care of older people in and around Woodbridge. The Foundation owns and operates two significant and long standing institutions in the town, Seckford Care and Woodbridge School.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9.7 million, while the charity maintains a policy of ensuring adequate cash flow for ongoing activities rather than a fixed monetary target. The charity reported a net asset increase of £998,000 for the year and 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
Reserves policy: a level of financial capacity and cash flow that provides a stable basis for the ongoing development of its activities (held: £9.7m)
“The policy of the Foundation is to maintain a level of financial capacity and cash flow that provides a stable basis for the ongoing development of its activities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Governor W Anderson is a director of Combat2Coffee CIC, which was charged £1,719 for services provided on an arm's length basis.
“The Group was charged £1,719 (2024: £Nil) for services provided by Combat2Coffee CIC, of which a governor, Mr W Anderson, is a director.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Woodbridge School Enterprises Limited
“Consolidated accounts are not prepared on the basis that the company’s subsidiary, Woodbridge School Enterprises Limited, is not material to the group’s activities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
WOODBRIDGE SCHOOL ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Turnover: £216k
- Profit before tax: £64k
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £47k
- Loan receivable from parent: £50,000
“Gift Aid payments to The Seckford Foundation Within this year”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Woodbridge School Seckford Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Shona Norman — Head of Woodbridge School (source)
- Simon Stafford — Director of Finance (source)
- Richard Stone — Director of Operations (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.
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.
- OGG, Benita Jayne — director, appointed 11/08/2026on trustee list
- HUMPHREYS, David Charles — director, appointed 27/11/2025on trustee list
- PAUL, Florence Amelia — director, appointed 22/01/2025on trustee list
- KERRIDGE, Sharon Diana Mandy — director, appointed 28/05/2024on trustee list
- NEESAM, Sarah Louise — director, appointed 28/05/2024on trustee list
- BROWN, Peter James — director, appointed 05/03/2024on trustee list
- BLACKETT, Howard — director, appointed 03/10/2022on trustee list
- FLETCHER, William Geoffrey — director, appointed 13/09/2022on trustee list
- SELF, William Arthur — director, appointed 03/12/2021on trustee list
- HILL, Sarah Frances — director, appointed 01/11/2021on trustee list
- SCHLEE, Clive Edward Benedict — director, appointed 24/03/2020on trustee list
- STAFFORD, Simon Matthew James — secretary, appointed 01/07/2020
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£32k
Reported reserves equal ~6.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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 (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).
- Jubilee House: Outstanding (18/07/2017) · CQC record
- Seckford AlmsHouses: Outstanding (05/12/2018) · CQC record
- Benita Jayne Ogg
- Clive Edward Benedict Schlee
- David Charles Humphreys
- Florence Paul
- Howard William Blackett · trustee of 1 other charity
- Peter Brown
- Sarah Hill
- Sarah Louise Neesam
- Sharon Diana Mandy Kerridge
- William Geoffrey Fletcher
- William Self
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Suffolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE SECKFORD FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9.7 million, while the charity maintains a policy of ensuring adequate cash flow for ongoing activities rather than a fixed monetary target. The charity reported a net asset increase of £998,000 for the year and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
Who funds THE SECKFORD FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SECKFORD FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION.
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