SUNFIELD CHILDREN'S HOMES LIMITED

Registered charity 527552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUNFIELD - SUNFIELD SCHOOL, SUNFIELD CHILDREN'S HOMES

Sunfield is an independent special school and a children's home.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £1,482,919 for the year ended 31 August 2025, significantly higher than the previous year's £166,835. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £6,083,439 and designated reserves of £1,000,000, which are maintained to act as a buffer against unexpected drops in income or increases in expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate scope to continue its operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sunfield Children's Homes Limited (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Margaret Kippaxchair · trustee of 7 other charities
• AONGHUS COINN HUNTLY GORDON · trustee of 5 other charities
• Dr Constantin Court · trustee of 4 other charities
• Janine Christley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tara Alexandra Gratton
• VIVIAN FREDERICK BLENHEIM GRIFFITHS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• HALLFIELD SCHOOL TRUST income £7.8m
• MAYFIELD SCHOOL LTD income £15.4m
• SUNNYLANDS LIMITED income £1.3m
• SUNNINGWELL PRE SCHOOL income £152k
• SUNFLOWER SEED PRESCHOOL income £246k
• SUNNY DAYS CHILDRENS FUND income £463k

Side by side with its peers

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