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THE SHEILING SPECIAL EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1149264 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SHEILING RINGWOOD

Our school and college offer an individualised and flexible approach to placements. 38-week, day, extended day, weekly and termly boarding for students aged from 6-25 yearsWe provide a living, working and learning environment that is comfortable, beautiful and natural, befitting of a home away from home with extensive SEND facilities.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£10.1m
Latest spending
£9.2m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves increased to £13.6 million, which sits above the trustees' policy target of two to four months' expenditure. The charity is solely reliant on public funding, a risk the trustees consider prudent given the current economic climate, while maintaining a positive net income of £874,000 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two to four months' expenditure (held: £13.6m)
“The Trustees consider that the aim should be to build up the free reserves of the charity, represented by working capital, to equate between two to four months' expenditure.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Sheiling Special Education Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Sheiling Special Education Trust — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 28/03/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£10.1m
Total spending
£9.2m
Reserves (reported)
£13.6m
Employees
244

Reported reserves equal ~17.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£10.1m£9.2m
31/08/2024£8.8m£8.6m
31/08/2023£8.8m£8.1m
31/08/2022£8.9m£7.8m
31/08/2021£8.6m£7.2m

Common questions

Is THE SHEILING SPECIAL EDUCATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves increased to £13.6 million, which sits above the trustees' policy target of two to four months' expenditure. The charity is solely reliant on public funding, a risk the trustees consider prudent given the current economic climate, while maintaining a positive net income of £874,000 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

Who funds THE SHEILING SPECIAL EDUCATION TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SHEILING SPECIAL EDUCATION TRUST as a grant recipient include WOODEN SPOON SOCIETY, TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WOODEN SPOON SOCIETYFY2022£25kSensory Rooms & Gardens
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION1£591k
Matchroom Charitable Foundation1£50k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION1£33k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST1£11k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUST1£10k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST1£8k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST1£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FYLING HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SHEILING SPECIAL EDUCATION TRUST£10.1m——above—no doubt
FYLING HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
Royal Deaf Education Trust FY2025£9.0m—3below—no doubt
PACES SHEFFIELD FY2025£4.4m—2unclear—no doubt
ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£17.3m£230,000 - £240,000—above—no doubt
ST JOSEPH'S SPECIALIST TRUST FY2025£13.5m——below—no doubt

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