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LEARNING SPACE

Registered charity 1061545 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SURREY YOUTH INITATIVE (DORKING)

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £15,593 for the year, with unrestricted reserves decreasing to £521,679. The trustees report that adjusting for one-off restructure costs reveals an underlying surplus of approximately four per cent of revenue. The charity maintains unrestricted general reserves within a stated policy range of £484,000 to £575,500.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3.8 to 4.6 months of annual expenditure (held: £522k)
“we set the range for our unrestricted general reserves this year from £484,000 to £575,500, representing 3.8 to 4.6 months of annual expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Lesley Pitt received £350 for support services.
“The following trustee received remuneration from the charity during the year: Lesley Pitt - support services £350 (2024 - £6,200)” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Morris Palmer Limited.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£522k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Hampshire · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.1m
31/03/2023£1.1m£1.0m
31/03/2022£905k£837k
31/03/2021£349k£371k

Common questions

Is LEARNING SPACE financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £15,593 for the year, with unrestricted reserves decreasing to £521,679. The trustees report that adjusting for one-off restructure costs reveals an underlying surplus of approximately four per cent of revenue. The charity maintains unrestricted general reserves within a stated policy range of £484,000 to £575,500. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Morris Palmer Limited.

Funders of similar charities

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FRIENDS OF WIZNITZ LIMITED1£335k
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SF FOUNDATION1£209k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED1£154k
CMZ LTD1£137k
NES FOUNDATION LTD1£112k
MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED1£104k
TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITED1£75k

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