SOUTHAMPTON ADVICE & REPRESENTATION CENTRE

Registered charity 1112999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SARC, SOUTHAMPTON ADVICE CENTRE

The provision of advice and representation in the fields of Welfare Benefits & Employment Law for residents of the Southampton and Eastleigh areas.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £9,115 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves standing at £212,358. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, and the trustees confirmed there are 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05582643

Funders the charity credits

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

• City Council — “We are grateful for the support we receive from the City Council, charitable funders, trade unions and individual clients” (source page)

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.

• GAREWAL, Navtej Singh — director, appointed 13/05/2026on trustee list
• KEOGH, Eamonn Francis — director, appointed 12/11/2025on trustee list
• SAFI, Muhammad — director, appointed 06/12/2023on trustee list
• MCEWING, Catherine Lipton — director, appointed 12/09/2018on trustee list
• STOKES, Robert John — director, appointed 13/09/2011on trustee list
• GOODALL, David Ian — director, appointed 19/01/2011on trustee list
• BREAR, John — director, appointed 24/05/2006on trustee list
• WRIGHTON, David Gregory — director, appointed 04/10/2005on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Navtej Garewalchair
• Catherine McEwing
• DAVID GREGORY WRIGHTON · trustee of 4 other charities
• DAVID IAN GOODALL
• Dr Joe Robert Atkinson
• Eamonn Francis Keogh
• JOHN BREAR
• Muhammad Safi
• ROBERT JOHN STOKES · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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