ST JOSEPH'S SPECIALIST TRUST
Registered charity 1177680 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH COMPLEX LEARNING AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES AND ANCILLARY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES; AND THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, AND SUPPORTED HOUSING TO ADULTS, BOTH WITH COMPLEX LEARNING AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Trust generated a surplus of £2,138,980 for the year, with free reserves standing at £4,495,338 against a trustee-established target of £5.5 million. The Trustees report that the Trust has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and has not identified any material uncertainties regarding its financial viability.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £4.5m; policy: 6 months' operating costs)
“At year end, free reserves stand at £4,495,338 (2024: £3,136,232) against a target of £5.5 million.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Inspection and regulatory ratings
Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.
- Ofsted — St Joseph's Specialist Trust: NULL (NULL) · Ofsted
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Annie Sutton — Executive Principal (source)
- Simon Jaggard — Head Teacher and Director of Education (source)
- Karen May — Director of Therapies (source)
- Lizzie Hurst — Director of Business (source)
- Liz Sanders — Director of Human Resources (source)
- Cedric de Souza — Director of Finance (source)
- Adrian Maxey — Director of Estates & Facilities (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.
CQC provider record: St Joseph's Specialist Trust — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 20/01/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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
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- Springvale Supported Living: Good (19/02/2022) · CQC record
- Dominic John Gortonchair
- Brian Patrick O'Donoghue
- David Nicholls · trustee of 1 other charity
- Fr. Jonathan Michael How
- Martin Hill
- May Ann Bravo
- Robert James Joseph Morello
- Sascha Taylor
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ST JOSEPH'S SPECIALIST TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust generated a surplus of £2,138,980 for the year, with free reserves standing at £4,495,338 against a trustee-established target of £5.5 million. The Trustees report that the Trust has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and has not identified any material uncertainties regarding its financial viability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds ST JOSEPH'S SPECIALIST TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ST JOSEPH'S SPECIALIST TRUST as a grant recipient include GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST.
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