THE FIRCROFT TRUST
Registered charity 1167428 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Fircroft Trust supports adults with mental health problems and learning disabilities. The charity runs the Fircroft Centre in Surbiton and Firs Court residential and supported living home in Hook, Chessington, Surrey.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that free reserves were £1,285,899, which is slightly higher than the trustees' stated policy target of between £808,309 and £1,212,464. However, the trustees anticipate deficits in coming years that will reduce these reserves, noting that core funding remains challenging despite a significant legacy received during the year.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Residential care services (81% of income)
“Of the total income generated by the Charity (excluding legacies) 81.3% is in respect of the provision of residential care services for Firs Court” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between six and nine months contingency, which at current activity levels equates to between £808,309 and £1,212,464 (held: £1.3m)
“The trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (‘the free reserves’) held by the charity should provide between six and nine months contingency, which at current activity levels equates to between £808,309 and £1,212,464.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Fircroft Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Kay Harris — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: The Fircroft Trust — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 12/07/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£174k
Reported reserves equal ~9.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (28/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Dr OLGA BOWEY-COCKBURNchair
- Colin Alan Huntingford
- Derryck William Butcher
- Judith Elaine Miriam Jewell
- Kara Leigh Cauter
- Madeleine Babey
- Marilyn Belton
- Mary Huntingford
- Samantha Hilton
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE FIRCROFT TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £1,285,899, which is slightly higher than the trustees' stated policy target of between £808,309 and £1,212,464. However, the trustees anticipate deficits in coming years that will reduce these reserves, noting that core funding remains challenging despite a significant legacy received during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.
Who funds THE FIRCROFT TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FIRCROFT TRUST as a grant recipient include THE ELIZABETH FRANKLAND MOORE AND STAR FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEWS, SURBITON, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S, WIMBLEDON PARK.
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