THE SOCIETY OF LOCAL AUTHORITY CHIEF EXECUTIVES AND SENIOR MANAGERS (SOLACE GROUP) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+44.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+11% vs 2024
Employees
50
-2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£185K
+411.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE SOCIETY OF LOCAL AUTHORITY CHIEF EXECUTIVES AND SENIOR MANAGERS (SOLACE GROUP) LTD 2015-02-13 → present
- THE SOLACE FOUNDATION 2000-08-16 → 2015-02-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,964,657 | £7,505,020 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£59,509 | £185,238 | |
| Net profit | -£59,509 | £185,238 | |
| Cash | £1,541,497 | £2,232,699 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,751,393 | £1,943,873 | |
| Net assets | £1,750,758 | £1,943,873 | |
| Equity | £1,750,758 | £1,943,873 | |
| Average employees | 51 | 50 | |
| Wages | £2,022,785 | £2,050,726 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -0.7% | 2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.8% | 49.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 1.87x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- SMH Jolliffe Cork Audit Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may case significant doubt on the group's and the parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE SOCIETY OF LOCAL AUTHORITY CHIEF EXECUTIVES AND SENIOR MANAGERS (SOLACE GROUP) LTD · parent
- Solace In Business Ltd 100%
- SEL Business Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Solace enjoyed another successful year of progress, with a priority focus on 50th anniversary celebrations.”
- “The timing of the UK general election in July disrupted our planned timetable, reshaping KPI targets and income generation.”
- “An anniversary year was used to engage membership and staff on future direction, informing a strategic business plan 2025-30.”
- “The Solace 'Play' report was published soon after the general election.”
- “The 'Fast-forward' report was published at the Solace Summit in October.”
- “Appointment of a new Solace President from 1st January 2025, with four priorities for his two-year tenure.”
- “Publication of the English Devolution White Paper in December 2024 is likely to impact membership.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
21 active · 57 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS, Stephen Robert Peter | Secretary | 2026-03-27 | — | — |
| CARR, Richard Charles | Director | 2025-11-01 | Jul 1960 | British |
| DOE, Georgia Kate | Director | 2023-11-01 | May 1979 | British |
| ELLIOTT, Clare | Director | 2023-11-01 | May 1985 | British |
| FRAINER, Paul Renato | Director | 2018-10-18 | Mar 1981 | British |
| GARNER, Sarah Jane | Director | 2023-11-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| HALL, Sarah Katharine | Director | 2022-10-13 | Aug 1978 | British |
| HANSON, Sean Patrick | Director | 2023-11-01 | Jun 1964 | Irish |
| HILL, Adam Mark | Director | 2020-10-12 | Nov 1970 | British |
| HUSSAIN-DUKE, Nazeya Sineen Akhtar | Director | 2020-10-12 | Feb 1978 | British |
| MARJORAM, Bernadette Mary Kathleen | Director | 2023-11-01 | Dec 1958 | British |
| MCKOY, Rachel Annette, Louise | Director | 2022-10-13 | Apr 1976 | British |
| NAYLOR, Chris David | Director | 2018-10-18 | Mar 1973 | British |
| O'DWYER, Kathryn Ruth | Director | 2024-11-01 | Oct 1964 | British |
| ROGERS, Evonne | Director | 2021-10-13 | Jul 1972 | British |
| STANNARD, Thomas John | Director | 2026-03-01 | May 1976 | British |
| STEPHENSON, Jonathan Roy | Director | 2026-01-01 | Apr 1979 | British |
| STEVEN, Adele Joanne | Director | 2022-10-13 | Aug 1976 | British |
| TUDDENHAM, Robin John | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jul 1968 | British |
| WEAVER, Robert Geoffrey Sarson | Director | 2022-10-13 | Jun 1976 | British |
| WRIGHT, Kim | Director | 2026-04-28 | Dec 1965 | British |
Show 57 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRACE, Clive Lester, Dr | Secretary | 2000-08-16 | 2001-11-08 |
| MULLOOLY, John Peter | Secretary | 2001-11-08 | 2011-03-31 |
| ATKINSON, Stephen James | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2014-10-15 |
| BAKER, Simon William | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2016-10-12 |
| BRIDGLALSINGH, Sharon Lee | Director | 2021-10-13 | 2022-06-17 |
| BURNS, Jane | Director | 2018-10-18 | 2025-10-17 |
| CAMPBELL, Alan Grant | Director | 2005-07-06 | 2010-10-12 |
| CARPENTER, Lyn | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2016-10-12 |
| COLLINGE, Andrew | Director | 2011-10-13 | 2013-10-09 |
| COMBER, John Patrick | Director | 2016-10-12 | 2020-10-12 |
| CROFT, Paul Bernard | Director | 2004-10-13 | 2011-10-13 |
| CUMMINS, Richard John | Director | 2005-07-06 | 2010-10-12 |
| DAVIES, Byron | Director | 2006-07-05 | 2007-07-04 |
| DEXTER, Rita Marie | Director | 2001-07-04 | 2012-07-23 |
| DONAGHY, Anne Marian | Director | 2018-10-18 | 2022-10-13 |
| DUNPHY, Paul David | Director | 2018-10-18 | 2020-06-19 |
| FARRANT, Graham Barry | Director | 2001-07-04 | 2004-12-31 |
| FITZGERALD, Stephen Howard | Director | 2018-10-18 | 2025-10-17 |
| FORRESTER-BROWN, Doreen Elizabeth | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2023-10-19 |
| GOODWIN, Daniel John | Director | 2011-10-13 | 2013-10-09 |
| GRACE, Clive Lester, Dr | Director | 2000-08-16 | 2014-10-15 |
| HENSHAW, David George, Sir | Director | 2001-07-04 | 2009-07-01 |
| HYDE, Ruth Elizabeth | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2025-10-17 |
| HYNES, Mark James | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2020-10-12 |
| JONES, Gavin Lindsay | Director | 2016-10-12 | 2024-10-18 |
| KARA, Abdool Mahmad | Director | 2012-10-16 | 2014-10-16 |
| KENYON, Robert Harold | Director | 2016-10-12 | 2018-10-18 |
| KILLIAN, Joanna Elizabeth | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2015-10-07 |
| LANKESTER, Paul Howard | Director | 2007-10-31 | 2011-10-13 |
| MCDONALD, Graeme Victor | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2026-03-28 |
| MCDOUGALL, Teresa Jacqueline | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2020-03-31 |
| MCGILLIVRAY, Laura Susan | Director | 2012-10-16 | 2014-10-16 |
| MILLER, Johanna Elizabeth | Director | 2016-10-12 | 2019-01-01 |
| MITCHELL, Gordon Scotland | Director | 2008-07-02 | 2011-10-13 |
| MORRIS, Roger John Bowring | Director | 2001-07-04 | 2011-10-13 |
| MUTER, Andrew William | Director | 2016-10-12 | 2022-10-13 |
| NORTON, Gillian Collins | Director | 2001-07-04 | 2010-10-12 |
| O'BRIEN, John Gerald | Director | 2011-10-13 | 2014-10-16 |
| PEXTON, Mariana | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2014-10-16 |
| PLANK, David Victor | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2024-10-18 |
| PRICE, Averil Mary | Director | 2011-10-13 | 2018-10-18 |
| PROSSER, Matthew Vaughan | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, Jane Elizabeth, Prof. | Director | 2015-10-07 | 2016-10-12 |
| ROGERS, Stuart Mark | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2016-10-12 |
| RONEY, Joanne Lucille | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2025-10-17 |
| ROWLANDS, Jennifer Red | Director | 2021-10-13 | 2023-06-16 |
| RYLEY, Kim | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2016-10-12 |
| SANDERS, Sian Louise | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2023-10-19 |
| SAUNDERS, Frederick William | Director | 2001-07-04 | 2011-10-13 |
| SLOMAN, Peter Lionel | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2014-10-18 |
| SWALES, Martin | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-01-01 |
| TAYLOR, Robert Alan | Director | 2000-08-16 | 2005-07-06 |
| TERRIS, Diana | Director | 2018-10-18 | 2021-06-14 |
| THOMAS, David Robert | Director | 2021-10-13 | 2024-10-18 |
| WEASTELL, Mary Teresa | Director | 2018-10-18 | 2021-10-13 |
| WILLIAMS, John Anthony | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2014-10-16 |
| WOOD, Deborah Jean | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2016-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 223 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 5
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-5.8%
£7,964,657 £7,505,020
-
Cash
+44.8%
£1,541,497 £2,232,699
-
Net assets
+11%
£1,750,758 £1,943,873
-
Employees
-2%
51 50
-
Profit before tax
+411.3%
-£59,509 £185,238
-
Wages
+1.4%
£2,022,785 £2,050,726
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