Surrey Independent Living Charity

Registered charity 1146482 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SILC, SURREY INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL, Surrey Independent Living Council

SILC provides information and support to disabled people on all aspects of Direct Payments andIndependent Living,

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE RESIDENT IN SURREY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:(1) BY THE PROVISION OF A SUPPORT SERVICE TO ENABLE SUCH PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSONAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER SCHEMES DESIGNED TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.(2) TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENT LIVING, EMPLOYMENT AND LEISURE OPPORTUNITIES AND INCLUSION FOR DISABLED PEOPLE IN A BROADER SENSE THAN PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SCHEMES.(3) TO WORK PROACTIVELY WITH THE PRIVATE, STATUTORY, VOLUNTARY AND FAITH SECTORS IN SURREY TO ENSURE THAT INDEPENDENT LIVING AND COMMUNITY INCLUSION IS OPEN TO ALL DISABLED PEOPLE IN SURREY.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £10,811 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £451,687. While the trustees consider funds sufficient for medium-term sustainability, they explicitly state that the charity cannot continue operations at present levels in the longer term without replacement funding from another source.

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 3 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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

• ALAN ROBERT WOOD
• Benjamin Shepherd
• CAREY ANNE LAWRENCE
• Emmanuel Emeka Okonya
• FIONA BAILEY
• HANNAH RIDZUAN POULTON
• LEONIE RIDDETT
• Milena Krasovec
• Qaisar Mumtaz Raja

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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