Registered charity · Gloucestershire
Sunfield Children's Homes Limited
Sunfield Children's Homes Limited is a registered charity (number 527552) based in Gloucestershire, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Helen Margaret Kippax since 2017. Latest income £15m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Sunfield - Sunfield School (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £15m (2025)
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Who leads it
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, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- rmt.org/sunfield (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sunfield Childrens Homes Limited
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£15m£13m
- 2024£13m£13m
- 2023£11m£11m
Earlier years
- 2022£9.8m£10m
- 2021£13m£8.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. TO HELP, SUPPORT AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SEVERE AND COMPLEX LEARNING NEEDS INCLUDING THOSE WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL SPECIAL SCHOOL AT CLENT, STOURBRIDGE 2. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO THE FAMILIES AND CARERS OF PEOPLE OF ANY AGE WITH SEVERE AND COMPLEX LEARNING NEEDS INCLUDING THOSE WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER. 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF TH PUBLIC IN AND PROMOTE A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF ALL MATTERS CONCERNING SEVERE AND COMPLEX LEARNING NEEDS, INCLUDING SPECTRUM DISORDER. 4. TO CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, PREVENTION, ALLEVIATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE AND COMPLEX LEARNING DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING AUTISM AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH
Grants received
3 grants · £341,518 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 · £250,000
- Three Guineas Trust · £91,518 (2 grants)
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Helen Margaret Kippax Chair since 2017
- Aonghus Coinn Huntly Gordon since 2017
- Dr Constantin Court since 2019
- Janine Christley since 2024
- Tara Alexandra Gratton since 2019
- Vivian Frederick Blenheim Griffiths since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Helen Margaret Kippax Chair since 2017
- Aonghus Coinn Huntly Gordon since 2017
- Dr Constantin Court since 2019
- Tara Alexandra Gratton since 2019
- Vivian Frederick Blenheim Griffiths since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Tara Alexandra Gratton since 2019
Portfolio (5)
- Helen Margaret Kippax Chair since 2017
- Aonghus Coinn Huntly Gordon since 2017
- Dr Constantin Court since 2019
- Janine Christley since 2024
- Vivian Frederick Blenheim Griffiths since 2017
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
6.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 8.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 527552
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 JUNE 1946 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 MARCH 1950 AND 19 MAY 2001 AND 14TH DECEMBER 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18 APR 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 00413810 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01453837500 · enquiries@sunfield.rmt.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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