Registered charity · Hampshire
The Sheiling Special Education Trust
- 10 trustees
- Income £10m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- MR J FreemanChair · since 2012
- Alice CoppTrustee · since 2020
- Daniel GilbertTrustee · since 2026
- David Ronald Kent LincolnTrustee · since 2023
- Elaine Anne PeacheyTrustee · since 2025
- Janet Kenward BSC PgceTrustee · since 2017
- Jonathan Rupert Bowden BlakeTrustee · since 2024
- Lorraine ClarkeTrustee · since 2026
- Michael Paul SussmanTrustee · since 2026
- MR J PyzerTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Hampshire
- Website
- www.thesheilingringwood.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Sheiling Special Education Trust
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£10m£9.2m
- 2024£8.8m£8.6m
- 2023£8.8m£8.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£8.9m£7.8m
- 2021£8.6m£7.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 97% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE2.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING, CARRYING ON, MANAGING AND DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WITH SPECIALIST EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AND PROVISION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND/OR SPECIAL CARE NEEDS; AND2.2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH, PROVIDE CARE TO AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY (WHETHER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), THE YOUNG, THE OLD, OR PEOPLE OTHERWISE IN NEED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF DR RUDOLF STEINER (AS SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 2 TO THESE ARTICLES), PARTICULARLY (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES IN THE FORM OF VILLAGES, RESIDENTIAL HOUSES, DAY CENTRES, KINDERGARTENS, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES OR OTHER TYPES OF SOCIAL AND/OR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY, IN WHICH BENEFICIARIES LIVE AND/OR WORK AND/OR TO WHICH THEY OTHERWISE RESORT, IN COMMUNITY WITH PERSONS PROVIDING SUPPORT.
Grants received
1 grant · £10,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
10 trustees on the board
- MR J Freeman Chair since 2012
- Alice Copp since 2020
- Daniel Gilbert since 2026
- David Ronald Kent Lincoln since 2023
- Elaine Anne Peachey since 2025
- Janet Kenward BSC Pgce since 2017
- Jonathan Rupert Bowden Blake since 2024
- Lorraine Clarke since 2026
- MR J Pyzer since 2013
- Michael Paul Sussman since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- MR J Freeman Chair since 2012
- Alice Copp since 2020
- Janet Kenward BSC Pgce since 2017
- MR J Pyzer since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- MR J Freeman Chair since 2012
- Alice Copp since 2020
- Daniel Gilbert since 2026
- David Ronald Kent Lincoln since 2023
- Elaine Anne Peachey since 2025
- Janet Kenward BSC Pgce since 2017
- Lorraine Clarke since 2026
- MR J Pyzer since 2013
- Michael Paul Sussman since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Jonathan Rupert Bowden Blake since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
17.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1149264
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 JUN 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 JUL 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23 JAN 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 08116370 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01425482483 · enquiries@thesheilingringwood.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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