CHAILEY HERITAGE FOUNDATION

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. CHAILEY HERITAGE FOUNDATION 2012-09-03 → present
2. CHAILEY HERITAGE SCHOOL 1999-05-13 → 2012-09-03

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the charitable company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charitable company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”

Group structure

1. CHAILEY HERITAGE FOUNDATION · parent
   1. Chailey Heritage Trading Company Limited 100% · England and Wales · inactive since incorporation

Significant events

• “Expanded community services by introducing new activities through The Activity Place, and enhancing family support with siblings' days, holiday clubs and a dedicated family liaison service.”
• “Opened Hazel's Kitchen and the Dervia Sensory Suite.”
• “Transitioned the Hub and Learning Skills Centre (LSC) into the Activity Place, bringing all activities together under one centralised community offering.”
• “The Dervia Sensory Studio now provides three purpose-built individual sensory rooms.”
• “Welcomed the Dame Vera Lynne Children's Charity with their move to our site and offered their children access to our life-changing facilities.”
• “Completed solar panel installation, upgraded part of the school's roof and introduced a new Nurse Call system.”
• “Introduced Foundation Day to bring colleagues together to celebrate achievements, share experiences, and strengthen sense of belonging.”
• “The Friends of Chailey Heritage decided to wind down and donated their remaining funds to Chailey Heritage Foundation to support family services.”
• “Construction is underway for The Bradbury Den, an eco-friendly learning and community space on Patchwork Farm.”
• “Hazel's Kitchen was completed, providing a vibrant cooking space for young adults to learn new skills.”
• “The Dervia Sensory Studio is nearing completion.”
• “The Learning Space, a dedicated centre for staff training and career development, has been established.”
• “Pupil numbers fell by 2 to 77 due to a higher number of bereavements (5) than anticipated during the year.”
• “The indoor learning space extension at Patchwork Farm, known as The Bradbury Den, commenced construction in September 2025 and is scheduled to be completed and operational by April 2026.”
• “The Trustees have entered into a contract to purchase the freehold of the charity's principal site.”
• “The Charity had been notified of 4 new legacies (2025) and 2 (2024) for which payment had not been received, but were recognized as receivables.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

7

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +2.3%

  £17,961,000 → £18,373,000

• Cash

  +9.2%

  £1,777,000 → £1,941,000

• Net assets

  +2.5%

  £18,958,000 → £19,438,000

• Employees

  +6%

  417 → 442

• Operating profit

  -53.7%

  £866,000 → £401,000

• Wages

  +7.2%

  £11,044,000 → £11,840,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers