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SURFERS NOT STREET CHILDREN UK

Registered charity 1176572 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work with street children (or former street children) in order to improve their quality of life. We will engage in campaigns throughout the UK, South Africa and Mozambique to change the rights of street children and the way in which society perceives street children. This will be achieved through advocacy, marketing and consultation work with other NGOs/ governmental organisations.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£342k
Latest spending
£318k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with £54,511 in free reserves, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £20,000. The trustees confirm that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months running costs (held: £55k)
“The Trustees consider that, given the nature of the work of the CIO, it is prudent to have 3 months running costs as the targeted amount of reserves which is £20,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Mozambique · South Africa · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£342k£318k
31/03/2024£363k£281k
31/03/2023£279k£273k
31/03/2022£207k£199k
31/03/2021£160k£159k

Common questions

Is SURFERS NOT STREET CHILDREN UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with £54,511 in free reserves, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £20,000. The trustees confirm that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION2£751k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT2£80k
THE REED FOUNDATION2£51k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER, FORMBY1—
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION1£1.1m
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£1.1m
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION1£500k
THE APAX FOUNDATION1£443k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STREET CHILD UNITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SURFERS NOT STREET CHILDREN UK£342k——above—no doubt
STREET CHILD UNITED FY2024£483k——above—no doubt
STREET CHILD FY2025£22.3m—12within—no doubt
CONSORTIUM FOR STREET CHILDREN FY2024£683kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
STAND BY ME FY2024£3.0m—1within—no doubt
PURPOSE OF LIFE FY2025£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt

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