HIGH SHERIFF OF SURREY YOUTH AWARDS

Registered charity 1101878 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HIGH SHERIFF AWARDS FOR SURREY

The High Sheriff Youth Awards funds projects which gives financial support of up to -?2000 (in exceptional cases more than -?2000), to help with start-up costs of a new scheme or to further an existing project to help young people in Surrey feel safer in their communities and to reduce or prevent crime and bad behaviour in their local area.

Objects

3.1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PREVENTION OF CRIME, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY FROM CRIMINAL ACTS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO CRIME PREVENTION, ROAD SAFETY, THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS GENERALLY, PERSONAL SAFETY, ALCOHOL, DRUG, SOLVENT AND OTHER SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR ANY MATTER AFFECTING CRIME AND SAFETY IN HE COMMUNITY THAT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY. 3.2 IN PARTICULAR:3.2.1 TO RECOGNISE ENCOURAGE AND FINANCIALLY SUPPORT GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE NORMALLY AGED BETWEEN 9-18 YEARS WHO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT CRIME PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVES IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY3.2.2 TO RECOGNISE AND PUBLICLY ACCLAIM THE WORK AND SUCCESS OF SUCH PROJECTS THROUGH THE AWARD OF HIGH SHERIFF YOUTH CERTIFICATES PRESENTED BY THE HIGH SHERIFF OF SURREY.3.3 SUCH OTHER GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES THAT THE TRUSTEE AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DECIDE

Area of benefit: SURREY

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

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Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£56k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £4,402 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its unrestricted funds to £12,626. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to hold six months of costs, and current unrestricted reserves are below this stated target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the financial statements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months (held: £13k)
“It is the Trustees' intention to retain funds in Bank Accounts to ensure that adequate resources are available to meet the likely costs of both grants and management administration for a period of six months.” — page 6
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.

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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£52k£56k
31/03/2024£56k£57k
31/03/2023£73k£83k
31/03/2022£65k£55k
31/03/2021£51k£54k

Common questions

Is HIGH SHERIFF OF SURREY YOUTH AWARDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £4,402 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its unrestricted funds to £12,626. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to hold six months of costs, and current unrestricted reserves are below this stated target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the financial statements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.