Somerhill Charitable Trust Limited

Analysis

Somerhill Charitable Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tonbridge. It was registered in March 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02331296). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Somerhill Charitable Trust Limited reported income of £9.7m and spending of £9.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7.6m to £9.7m (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Somerhill Charitable Trust Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hornsby House Educational Trust (£9.7m), Giggleswick School (£9.8m) and Hazelwood School (£9.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 2.6% and trading 1.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £22.0m would cover about 27 months of spending at that rate. It employed 146 people.