SURREY SATRO

Registered charity 1040572 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SURREY SATRO (SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REGIONAL ORGANISATION)

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Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS PRACTICE, AND ASSOCIATED SKILLS.

Area of benefit: PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE COUNTY OF SURREY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£867k

Latest spending

£802k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £65,001 for the year ended August 31, 2025, with total income of £867,452 and expenditure of £802,451. The Trustees confirmed that free unrestricted reserves stood at £471,968, which is above the stated policy target of £386,000. The Trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis, citing strong income from services and tight management of costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £386,000 (held: £472k)

“the Trustees have concluded that the charity needs to maintain free unrestricted reserves (general reserves less funds not readily available for spending e.g. fixed assets) of £386,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 160
Government income: £4,500 — grants £4,500 (1); under 1% of the £867,452 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 180
Government income: £7,021 — grants £7,021 (1); under 1% of the £778,032 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 150
Government income: £4,000 — contracts £4,000 (2); under 1% of the £604,187 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SATRO (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£867k

Total spending

£802k

Cost of raising funds

£25k

Reserves (reported)

£472k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (63% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alec Jeremy Sanderson
David Rhys Leyshon
Garry Bhela
Miranda Shorrock
Peter Garrett
Russell Bond
Shashikant Naranbhai Patel
Toby Wyithe

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Surrey · Throughout London · West Berkshire · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£867k	£802k
31/08/2024	£778k	£772k
31/08/2023	£604k	£629k
31/08/2022	£659k	£606k
31/08/2021	£684k	£537k

Common questions

Is SURREY SATRO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £65,001 for the year ended August 31, 2025, with total income of £867,452 and expenditure of £802,451. The Trustees confirmed that free unrestricted reserves stood at £471,968, which is above the stated policy target of £386,000. The Trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis, citing strong income from services and tight management of costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SURREY SATRO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SURREY SATRO as a grant recipient include THE SHANLY FOUNDATION, SQUAREPOINT FOUNDATION, A G MANLY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE SHANLY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£150k
SQUAREPOINT FOUNDATION	FY2023	£25k
A G MANLY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£15k
THE SHANLY FOUNDATION	FY2025	Unverified read£10k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/02/2019	£6k	Tampon Tax Community Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/05/2015	£10k	A4A - SATROClub - Opening Doors to Opportunties
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/05/2012	£10k	SATRO Construction Bus -Transforming young lives

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SARUM HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

SARUM HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £4.0m
THE SHARPHAM TRUST income £2.2m
STEM4 income £307k
SPEAR TRUST income £25k
GAMLEARN income £310k
BEACHES PRE-SCHOOL income £309k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SURREY SATRO	£867k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SARUM HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SHARPHAM TRUST FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
STEM4 FY2025	£307k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
SPEAR TRUST FY2025	£25k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GAMLEARN FY2024	£310k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.