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SOLDEN HILL HOUSE LIMITED

Registered charity 228037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Solden Hill House is a collection of residential care home for adults with learning disabilities in Northamptonshire. Accommodation is in 10 residential units, 4 on the main site near Byfield, 1 in Byfield village, 4 in Brackley and 1 in Duston. Activities include craft workshops, dance, music and art therapy, outings and local activities - riding, sailing, swimming and college courses,

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Latest income
£3.3m
Latest spending
£3.1m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £278,357 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased income from resident fees and rate reviews. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves held in cash and working capital were £386,402, which is below the stated policy target range of £450,000 to £550,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £450,000 - £550,000 (held: £386k)
“This assessment indicates that unrestricted reserves excluding those tied up in property cost shou ld be maintained in the range of £450-550k, as per last year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 24
“During the year signed communication training services were provided to the charity by the wife of R Smith , the General Manager. Transactions were conducted at arm 's length and totalled £1,477 (2024: £1 ,055).” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Solden Hill House (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)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Solden Hill House Limited — Registered, 5 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 14/04/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.3m
Total spending
£3.1m
Reserves (reported)
£386k
Employees
87

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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).

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: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.3m£3.1m
31/03/2024£2.9m£2.5m
31/03/2023£2.1m£1.7m
31/03/2022£1.9m£1.7m
31/03/2021£1.7m£1.6m

Common questions

Is SOLDEN HILL HOUSE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £278,357 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased income from resident fees and rate reviews. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves held in cash and working capital were £386,402, which is below the stated policy target range of £450,000 to £550,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited.

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
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST1£72k
THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIO1£71k
THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND1£20k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST1£14k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST1£5k
THE W E DUNN TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HILLBROOK GRANGE RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOLDEN HILL HOUSE LIMITED£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
HILLBROOK GRANGE RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME FY2025£2.1m—0unclear—no doubt
ST JOHN'S HOME FY2025£2.3mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
ROWLAND HILL AND VAUGHAN ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025£3.3m—0above—no doubt
DONNINGTON HOUSE CARE HOME LIMITED FY2025£2.0m——above—no doubt
HILL HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£10.7m——above—no doubt

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