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SOLEFIELD SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 293466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education of children up to age 13

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Latest income
£2.0m
Latest spending
£3.9m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity merged with Sevenoaks School on 1 May 2025, resulting in the transfer of all assets and liabilities and the cessation of operations. Consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern, with unrestricted reserves of £2,005,468 transferred to the acquiring entity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £90,001 - £100,000” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: School fees (97% of income)
“Gross School Fees including Extras 2,223,199”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“Solefield School Educational Trust therefore ceased to operate from that date. Therefore these accounts have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Corporate structure

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.

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

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

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£3.9m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
51

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.0m£3.9m
31/08/2024£2.3m£2.3m
31/08/2023£2.4m£2.5m
31/08/2022£2.1m£2.3m
31/08/2021£2.0m£2.2m

Common questions

Is SOLEFIELD SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity merged with Sevenoaks School on 1 May 2025, resulting in the transfer of all assets and liabilities and the cessation of operations. Consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern, with unrestricted reserves of £2,005,468 transferred to the acquiring entity. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of SOLEFIELD SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band.

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 MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£1.5m
THE CADOGAN CHARITY1£300k
THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£66k
THE APAX FOUNDATION1£45k
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
THE FARRINGDON HOUSE SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST1£16k
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Sevenoaks Education Group.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOLEFIELD SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED£2.0m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—not going concern
Sevenoaks Education Group FY2025£65.6m——unclear—no doubt
HALLFIELD SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£7.8m£150,001 - £160,000—below—no doubt
THE PRIOR'S FIELD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£7.7m——below—no doubt
HEATHFIELD SCHOOL FY2025£0——below—noted
MAYFIELD SCHOOL LTD FY2025£15.4m£120,001 - £130,000—unclear—no doubt

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