THORNLEIGH CAMPHILL COMMUNITIES LIMITED

Registered charity 307104 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMPHILL COMMUNITIES THORNBURY LIMITED, CAMPHILL COMMUNITIES THORNBURY LTD, THE SHEILING CURATIVE SCHOOL (THORNBURY) LIMITED, THE SHEILING CURATIVE SCHOOLS LIMITED

Thornleigh Camphill Communities comprises the Hatch Camphill Community. The Hatch provides supported living services and day opportunities for adults with learning difficulties and autism.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£4.3m

Latest spending

£4.4m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a small continuing operations deficit of £5,211 in 2024/25, compared with a deficit of £511,300 in the prior year. The Trustees' report notes that the charity's unrestricted free reserves were £863,845 at the year-end, representing 22.9% of ongoing annual expenditure, while the stated policy aim is to increase free reserves to between 25% and 50% of operating expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (89% of income)

“Charitable activities 3 185,519 3,642,199 - 3,827,718 6,430,871” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: HARC Housing Association Limited donated trade and assets valued at £100,501 to the charity. Invoices raised by HARC totalled £Nil (2024: £34,699) and recharges received totalled £88 (2024: £1,074). HARC was wound up on 10 November 2025.

“During the year HARC also donated its trade and assets to Thornleigh Camphill Communities Limited with the value of £100,501. See page 2 of the Trustees’ Report for more detail. HARC Housing Association Limited was formally wound up on 10 November 2025.” — page 27

“Two staff members rented their accommodation, at market rate, from the charity during the financial period.” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Two staff members rented accommodation at market rate from the charity.

“During the year HARC also donated its trade and assets to Thornleigh Camphill Communities Limited with the value of £100,501. See page 2 of the Trustees’ Report for more detail. HARC Housing Association Limited was formally wound up on 10 November 2025.” — page 27

“Two staff members rented their accommodation, at market rate, from the charity during the financial period.” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Burton Sweet Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00497029

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Thornleigh Camphill Communities Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

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.

SINGH, Nakita — director, appointed 24/09/2025on trustee list
TINDALE, Nicola — director, appointed 10/07/2024on trustee list
BARNETT, Dean Elwyn — director, appointed 10/04/2024on trustee list
NOWLAN, William Anthony, Dr — director, appointed 01/04/2017on trustee list
SNELL, Graham Howard — director, appointed 01/04/2017on trustee list
SOUTHCOMBE, William John — director, appointed 19/03/2014on trustee list
BRADSHAW, Cecilie Ann — secretary, appointed 14/12/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

10 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (10 freehold); recorded price paid £135k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Thornleigh Camphill Communities Ltd — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 17/07/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£4.3m

Total spending

£4.4m

Cost of raising funds

£7k

Reserves (reported)

£864k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 0.2% 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).

The Hatch Camphill Community: Good (06/09/2019) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

Dean Elwyn Barnett
GRAHAM HOWARD SNELL
Nakita Singh
Nicola Tindale
William Anthony Nowlan · trustee of 1 other charity
William John Southcombe

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£4.3m	£4.4m
30/06/2024	£7.4m	£7.2m
30/06/2023	£6.1m	£6.7m
30/06/2022	£6.7m	£6.6m
30/06/2021	£6.5m	£6.3m

Common questions

Is THORNLEIGH CAMPHILL COMMUNITIES LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a small continuing operations deficit of £5,211 in 2024/25, compared with a deficit of £511,300 in the prior year. The Trustees' report notes that the charity's unrestricted free reserves were £863,845 at the year-end, representing 22.9% of ongoing annual expenditure, while the stated policy aim is to increase free reserves to between 25% and 50% of operating expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Burton Sweet 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	2	£75k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	2	£18k
The John Gurney Charitable Trust	1	£200k
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£165k
THE SUNRISE (SIDMOUTH) CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£107k
THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£57k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£50k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Thornage Hall Independent Living.

Thornage Hall Independent Living income £3.1m
THE CAMPHILL VILLAGE TRUST LIMITED income £35.4m
CAMPHILL DEVON COMMUNITY LIMITED income £3.3m
CAMPHILL MILTON KEYNES COMMUNITIES LIMITED income £5.5m
THE MOUNT CAMPHILL COMMUNITY LIMITED income £3.9m
PENNINE CAMPHILL COMMUNITY income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THORNLEIGH CAMPHILL COMMUNITIES LIMITED	£4.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Thornage Hall Independent Living FY2025	£3.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CAMPHILL VILLAGE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£35.4m	—	—	unclear	5.4%	no doubt
CAMPHILL DEVON COMMUNITY LIMITED FY2025	£3.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMPHILL MILTON KEYNES COMMUNITIES LIMITED FY2025	£5.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MOUNT CAMPHILL COMMUNITY LIMITED FY2025	£3.9m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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