LEARNING SPACE
Registered charity 1061545 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SURREY YOUTH INITATIVE (DORKING)
Learning Space is a children and young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing charity.
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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.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
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. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
In the news
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Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Learning Space (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Mark Lister — Chief Executive Officer (source)
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)
Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Stefan Nahajskichair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Eleanor Faye Church
- Jenna Mathews
- Lesley Pitt · trustee of 1 other charity
- Michael John Lightfoot
- Sian Rebecca Juliet Kempster
- Susan Jenkins · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: East Sussex · Hampshire · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LEARNING SPACE financially healthy?
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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Morris Palmer Limited.
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