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

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

Latest income

£2.9m

Latest spending

£2.7m

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £163,371 on total income of £2,880,304, with free unrestricted reserves of £890,000 held at year-end. The trustees consider these reserves adequate against a stated policy target of £584,000 and report no material uncertainties regarding going concern, despite noting future funding for some contracts is not guaranteed.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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 (2024: nil). No employee was paid over £80,000 in the year”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee earned between £70,000 and £80,000 during the year”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £584,000 (held: £890k)

“As at the year end, this leads to a minimum reserve requirement of £584,000.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 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: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.9m

Total spending

£2.7m

Cost of raising funds

£20k

Reserves (reported)

£966k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (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
31/03/2025	£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
31/03/2021	£2.8m	£2.7m

Common questions

Is ACTION FOR CARERS (SURREY) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £163,371 on total income of £2,880,304, with free unrestricted reserves of £890,000 held at year-end. The trustees consider these reserves adequate against a stated policy target of £584,000 and report no material uncertainties regarding going concern, despite noting future funding for some contracts is not guaranteed. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

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

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 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	3	£4k
CARERS TRUST	2	£303k
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND	2	£19k
SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE	1	£126k
HEY SMILE FOUNDATION	1	£42k
HELP FOR HEALTH	1	£30k
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	1	£14k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTION FOR CARERS (OXFORDSHIRE) LTD.

ACTION FOR CARERS (OXFORDSHIRE) LTD income £1.0m
SURREY COMMUNITY ACTION income £695k
CARERS' SUPPORT EAST KENT income £2.1m
SURREY CROSSROADS income £3.9m
Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd income £1.3m
CARERS CENTRE SA LTD income £866k

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	1	unclear	—	no doubt
ACTION FOR CARERS (OXFORDSHIRE) LTD FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SURREY COMMUNITY ACTION FY2025	£695k	more than £60,000	1	above	—	no doubt
CARERS' SUPPORT EAST KENT FY2025	£2.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SURREY CROSSROADS FY2025	£3.9m	—	4	unclear	—	no doubt
Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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