GUILDFORD ACTION FOR COMMUNITY CARE

Registered charity 1078721 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GUILDFORD ACTION

Guildford Action supports homeless Individuals as well as isolated families. Our mission is to ?Enhance the lives of all those we come into contact with?. The projects are The Guildford Action Day Service (homelessness) and The GAF (Guildford Action for Families) support service. We aim to meet basic needs, maximise potential through group work, individual casework, signposting and outreach.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£577k
Latest spending
£462k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £115,548 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £487,769. The trustees report a strong balance sheet with reserves significantly in excess of their stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (74% of income)
“Charitable activities Grants 428,214”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months' expenditure (held: £162k)
“We aim to hold a minimum of six months' expenditure in reserve to ensure financial stability of our Charity, with a focus on the staff termination costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bennewith 2018 Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income
£577k
Total spending
£462k
Reserves (reported)
£133k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£577k£462k
31/03/2024£392k£418k
31/03/2023£370k£326k
31/03/2022£320k£300k
31/03/2021£480k£272k

Common questions

Is GUILDFORD ACTION FOR COMMUNITY CARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £115,548 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £487,769. The trustees report a strong balance sheet with reserves significantly in excess of their stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bennewith 2018 Limited.

Who funds GUILDFORD ACTION FOR COMMUNITY CARE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GUILDFORD ACTION FOR COMMUNITY CARE as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SHERE, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, GUILDFORD, Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust, GUILDFORD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICOLAS GUILDFORD.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/10/2018£175kReaching Out
The National Lottery Community Fund16/07/2009£8kGAF Community Drop-in Sessions (Guildford Action for Families)