The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (Solace Group) LTD

Registered charity 1084419 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

3.4y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (15)

Portfolio (4)

18
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 19Other Charitable Purposes 19General Charitable Purposes 2

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

Professional services 28Other services 6Business services 4

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£10.8m latest income
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.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

50 from 38 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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.solace.org.uk
Emailstephen.chambers@solace.org.uk
Phone02072330081
AddressGROUND FLOOR, 2 RED HALL COURT, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF1 2UN

Finances

£10,823,737 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,408,793£7,136,417
2022£8,214,128£8,115,409
2023£10,606,205£10,605,580
2024£11,274,168£11,333,677
2025£10,823,737£10,638,499

What it does

What

Education/trainingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH, THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SERVICES AND PUBLIC AMENITIES AND FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER RELEASER TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF EFFICIENCY AND GOOD PRACTICE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16TH AUGUST 2000AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13/02/2015 as amended on 28 Sep 2018 as amended on 17 Oct 2018

Trustees (19)

19trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (Solace Group) LTD · 04053417 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 16/08/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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