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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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.

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
20

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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 endIncomeSpending
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.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/02/2019£6kTampon Tax Community Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund02/05/2012£10kSATRO Construction Bus -Transforming young lives

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MILTON KEYNES SPECIAL NEEDS ADVANCEMENT PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SURREY SATRO£867k0aboveno doubt
MILTON KEYNES SPECIAL NEEDS ADVANCEMENT PROJECT FY2025£1.1m0unclearno doubt
NEW PRODUCERS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FY2025£275k0belowno doubt
SARUM HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.0maboveno doubt
FULL FACT FY2024£2.9mwithinno doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£272k0aboveno doubt

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