Sunnyside Rural Trust Limited

Registered charity 1004264 Registered since 1991

Operates: Hertfordshire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

Adam Connors Chair since 2019
Alan West since 2025
Jim Martin since 2024
Rachel Davis since 2024

3y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Adam Connors Chair since 2019

8.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Adam Connors Chair since 2019
Alan West since 2025
Jim Martin since 2024
Rachel Davis since 2024

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 4Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 4Professional services 1Tech and media 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£2.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 14.0 in 2021

68 from 42 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

55%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

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Marches Energy Advice Similar size; both Environment
Starlow Charities Limited Similar size; both Environment

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.sunnysideruraltrust.org.uk
Email	keely@sunnysideruraltrust.org.uk
Phone	07545590939
Address	C/O CIVIC CENTRE, 161-163 HIGH STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP4 3HD

Finances

£2,363,986 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,228,255	£1,012,825
2022	£1,213,169	£1,116,779
2023	£1,514,572	£1,437,570
2024	£1,911,132	£1,726,403
2025	£2,363,986	£2,157,942

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AND WORK PLACEMENTS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ENABLE THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12TH. APRIL 1991, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16TH. JULY 1991 as amended on 20 Nov 2025 as amended on 22 May 2026

Trustees (4)

4trustees

52median age

0aged 70+

Adam Connorsage band 50-54 Chair since 2019
Alan Westage band 65-69 since 2025
Jim Martinage band 50-54 since 2024
Rachel Davisage band 35-39 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Sunnyside Rural Trust Limited · 02600844 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 12/04/1991

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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