HOMEFIELD COLLEGE LIMITED

Registered charity 1114995 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of residential and day education for young adults with autistic spectrum conditions, communication difficulties and learning disabilities and residential care and development for adults that are older (22+) with similar disabilities. Developing vocational and occupational skills that are relevant to the individual.

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Latest income

£6.8m

Latest spending

£6.4m

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £420,045 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total incoming resources of £6,844,804 against total expenditure of £6,424,759. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £692,227, which is below the stated policy target of 45 cash days, representing 43 cash days of actual expenditure. The trustees consider the current level of reserves sufficient to maintain and develop its charitable activities despite the high level of planned capital expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“The number of higher paid employees was: No. No. £60,001 - £70,000 1 - £80,001 - £90,000 1 4”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“The number of higher paid employees was: No. No. £60,001 - £70,000 1 - £80,001 - £90,000 1 4”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £692k; policy: at least 45 cash days)

“The position at the date of these accounts was that free reserves totalled £692,227 (2024: £2,174,583) which represented 43 cash days (2024:134 cash days) of actual expenditure in the year.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by The Rowleys Partnership Ltd. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04956068 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Homefield College (matched by registered charity number).

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.

SPENCE, Steven — director, appointed 21/02/2025on trustee list
BEER, Nicola Jane — director, appointed 05/02/2025on trustee list
MEIR DAVIES, Stephen — director, appointed 05/02/2025not on trustee list
PADERI, Gianluca — director, appointed 05/02/2025on trustee list
SINGH KHARIA, Parminder — director, appointed 05/02/2025not on trustee list
CLIFTON, Andrew James Arnold — director, appointed 27/11/2024on trustee list
SMART, Peter Norman — director, appointed 27/11/2024on trustee list
HARGIS, Jacqueline Margaret, Dr — director, appointed 05/10/2023on trustee list
JACKSON, David — director, appointed 01/06/2021on trustee list
WARD, Julia — director, appointed 01/05/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £1.7m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Homefield College Limited — Deregistered, 11 registered locations, last inspected 15/01/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income

£6.8m

Total spending

£6.4m

Reserves (reported)

£4.2m

Employees

148

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Clifton
David Jackson
Dr Jacqueline Hargis
Gianluca Paderi
Julia Ward Ms
Nicola Jane Beer
Parminder Singh Kharia
Peter Smart
Stephen Meir Davies
Steven Spence

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£6.8m	£6.4m
31/07/2024	£6.3m	£6.0m
31/07/2023	£5.9m	£5.6m
31/07/2022	£5.6m	£5.2m
31/07/2021	£4.9m	£4.5m

Common questions

Is HOMEFIELD COLLEGE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £420,045 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total incoming resources of £6,844,804 against total expenditure of £6,424,759. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £692,227, which is below the stated policy target of 45 cash days, representing 43 cash days of actual expenditure. The trustees consider the current level of reserves sufficient to maintain and develop its charitable activities despite the high level of planned capital expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by The Rowleys Partnership Ltd.

What does the highest-paid employee of HOMEFIELD COLLEGE LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

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 EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	2	£335k
THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION	1	—
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£103k
THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£44k
THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND	1	£37k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED.

EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED income £20.9m
Q+ income £3.5m
HALAS HOMES income £2.1m
FORELAND FIELDS CHARITY income £152k
THE STABLE FAMILY HOME TRUST income £4.0m
LEEDS AUTISM SERVICES income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HOMEFIELD COLLEGE LIMITED	£6.8m	£80,001 - £90,000	2	below	—	no doubt
EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED FY2025	£20.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Q+ FY2025	£3.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HALAS HOMES FY2025	£2.1m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
FORELAND FIELDS CHARITY FY2025	£152k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE STABLE FAMILY HOME TRUST FY2025	£4.0m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	below	—	no doubt

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