THE J W SLY AND SONS (NORTHLEACH) CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1119695 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main aim of the Charity is to provide affordable housing within the parish of Northleach, Gloucestershire for the benefit of employees employed within Community Facilities and Services e.g. but not exclusively schools, shops & churches. It also aims to support local family life within the communityalso to support students within the parish requiring financial assistance with course literature.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£111k

Latest spending

£75k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £3,110,235, primarily represented by property assets and cash. The trustees consider the level of reserves to be adequate for supporting the immediate future plans of the charitable company. The charity is subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06249803

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.

RICHELL, Andrea Jane — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
JAMES, Sian — director, appointed 26/09/2023on trustee list
HARTNELL, Emily Jayne — director, appointed 12/04/2017on trustee list
OWEN, Richard Charles — director, appointed 01/09/2016on trustee list
BLUNDELL, Laura Jane — director, appointed 01/09/2016on trustee list
LOUISSON, David Melville — director, appointed 14/02/2012on trustee list
HANCOCK, Christopher — director, appointed 16/05/2007on trustee list
EBSWORTH, David Gordon — director, appointed 16/05/2007on trustee list
BIRNIE, Kathryn Mary Louise — secretary, appointed 30/01/2026

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £98k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2021)

Total income

£838k

Total spending

£58k

Cost of raising funds

£3k

Reserves (reported)

£3.0m

Employees

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrea Jane Richell
CHRISTOPHER HANCOCK · trustee of 5 other charities
DAVID GORDON EBSWORTH
DAVID M LOUISSON · trustee of 3 other charities
Emily Jayne Hartnell
FELICITY DORA ERICSSON EBSWORTH
Laura Jane Blundell
RICHARD CHARLES OWEN · trustee of 3 other charities
Sian James · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£111k	£75k
31/05/2024	£136k	£68k
31/05/2023	£77k	£78k
31/05/2022	£100k	£71k
31/05/2021	£838k	£58k

Common questions

Is THE J W SLY AND SONS (NORTHLEACH) CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £3,110,235, primarily represented by property assets and cash. The trustees consider the level of reserves to be adequate for supporting the immediate future plans of the charitable company. The charity is subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HARNHAM ST GEORGE AND ALL SAINTS	1	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF VERWOOD	1	£840
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST FRANCIS, SALISBURY	1	£275

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SR & PH Southall Trust.

SR & PH Southall Trust income £140k
ST JOHN'S LICHFIELD income £538k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHIGWELL AND CHIGWELL ROW income £393k
CHIPPING SODBURY TOWN LANDS CHARITY income £427k
SALISBURY TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS LTD income £406k
LONGLEVENS (GLOUCESTER) COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £601k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE J W SLY AND SONS (NORTHLEACH) CHARITABLE TRUST	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SR & PH Southall Trust FY2025	£140k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST JOHN'S LICHFIELD FY2025	£538k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHIGWELL AND CHIGWELL ROW FY2024	£393k	—	below	—	no doubt
CHIPPING SODBURY TOWN LANDS CHARITY FY2025	£427k	—	above	—	no doubt
SALISBURY TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS LTD FY2025	£406k	—	above	—	no doubt

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