ACTION FOR CARERS (SURREY)

Registered charity 1116714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide information, advice and support for carers all across Surrey. Including benefits advice, advocacy, guidance on moving and handling, support groups, free resources and more. We also help carers have their say on carer matters in Surrey, and nationally. We have specialist support available for young carers, young adult carers (18-24), and people connected to the Armed Forces

Objects

1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE:- 1.1 TO PROVIDE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF CARERS (AS DEFINED IN 1.8 BELOW); 1.2 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO CARERS; 1.3 TO ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THOSE REQUIRING CARE WHICH TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE NEEDS OF CARERS; 1.4 TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY, OF CARERS’ NEEDS, CONCERNS AND VALUE; 1.5 TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN CARERS, POLICY MAKERS AND OTHER SERVICES SUPPORTING CARERS, ENABLING CARERS TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE VOICE AND AN INFORMED REPRESENTATION IN POLICY-MAKING AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT; 1.6 TO ENCOURAGE THE EXCHANGE BY CARERS, POLICY MAKERS AND OTHER SERVICES OF USEFUL INFORMATION AND BEST PRACTICE IN CARERS’ ISSUES AND PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE SERVICES TO SUPPORT CARERS PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SURREY; AND 1.7 TO PURSUE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES. 1.8 A “CARER” IS: 1.8.1 SOMEONE WHO PROVIDES REGULAR UNPAID HELP TO A PERSON (OR PERSONS) WHO IS DISABLED, ILL OR INFIRM, OR WHO IS OTHERWISE IN NEED OF CARE, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY; 1.8.2 PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY AND PROVIDES REGULAR UNPAID HELP TO A PERSON (OR PERSONS) WHO IS DISABLED, ILL OR INFIRM, OR WHO IS OTHERWISE IN NEED OF CARE, OUTSIDE THE COUNTY OF SURREY; OR 1.8.3 SOMEONE WHO, WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE DESCRIPTION IN 1.8.1 OR 1.8.2. THE TERM “CARER” ALSO INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO FALL INTO ANY OF THE ABOVE CATEGORIES AND ARE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN OR ARE PARENTS CARING FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN.

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.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£2.9m

Latest spending

£2.9m

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a small surplus of £4,356 for the year ended March 2026, with total income of £2,949,171. Free reserves stood at £900,000, exceeding the stated minimum policy target of £760,000. The auditor confirmed the accounts 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 FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee earned between £70,000 and £80,000 during the year (2025: one). No employee was paid over £80,000 in the year (2025: nil).”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“One employee earned between £60,000 and £70,000 during the year (2025: nil). One employee earned between £70,000 and £80,000 during the year (2025: one).” — page 28

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: minimum reserve requirement of £760,000 (reserves figure: £900k)

“As at the year end, this leads to a minimum reserve requirement of £760,000. Our free reserves (unrestricted reserves less fixed assets) at the year-end are £900,000” — page 11

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2025) → 2 (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £2,682,867 — contracts £2,604,292 (6), grants £78,575 (2); 91% of the £2,949,171 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £2,630,982 — contracts £2,501,732 (5), grants £129,250 (2); 91% of the £2,880,304 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £2,301,882 — contracts £2,185,882 (4), grants £116,000 (3); 94% of the £2,454,444 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Action for Carers (Surrey) (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income

£2.9m

Total spending

£2.9m

Cost of raising funds

£99k

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 3.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher Bovell
Hollie Margaret Jessica Baker
Kim Jacobs
Martin Philip Lawrence Brown
Michael Corrigan
Mirjana Fowle
Rhianna Patricia Williams
Stephanie Fitzgerald

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£2.9m	£2.9m
31/03/2025	£2.9m	£2.7m
31/03/2024	£2.5m	£2.3m
31/03/2023	£2.2m	£2.2m
31/03/2022	£2.9m	£3.0m

Common questions

Is ACTION FOR CARERS (SURREY) financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a small surplus of £4,356 for the year ended March 2026, with total income of £2,949,171. Free reserves stood at £900,000, exceeding the stated minimum policy target of £760,000. The auditor confirmed the accounts give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ACTION FOR CARERS (SURREY) earn?

Per its FY2026 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds ACTION FOR CARERS (SURREY)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ACTION FOR CARERS (SURREY) as a grant recipient include Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust	FY2024	£257	Employee grant support programme

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/05/2015	£8k	A4A - Surrey Young Carers - Welcome Packs

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£3k
ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£89k
THE INGRAM TRUST	1	£58k
THE LINDER FOUNDATION	1	£40k
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION	1	£30k
THE C P CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£20k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUNDERLAND CARERS' CENTRE.

SUNDERLAND CARERS' CENTRE income £794k
ACTION FOR FAMILY CARERS income £1.3m
ACTION FOR CARERS (OXFORDSHIRE) LTD income £1.0m
THE SURREY CARE TRUST income £2.2m
CARERS CENTRE SA LTD income £866k
WARWICKSHIRE YOUNG CARERS income £195k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ACTION FOR CARERS (SURREY)	£2.9m	£70,001 - £80,000	2	above	—	no doubt
SUNDERLAND CARERS' CENTRE FY2025	£794k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ACTION FOR FAMILY CARERS FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ACTION FOR CARERS (OXFORDSHIRE) LTD FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE SURREY CARE TRUST FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARERS CENTRE SA LTD FY2025	£866k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.