BUDDY UP

Registered charity 1190942 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A mentoring charity for 8-17 year olds based in Surrey.

Objects

To advance in life and help young people aged 8-17 through providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals

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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Registered contact address: Epsom and Ewell, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £296, having previously held a deficit of £7,531. The trustees and independent examiner confirm that the charity is solvent and has achieved a surplus position since the year-end, allowing the accounts to be prepared on a going concern basis.

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 5 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Co-op UK — “Buddy Up is part of the @coopuk Local Community Fu” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• WARREN CHRISTOPHER TOWNSENDchair
• Holly Bloom
• Rowan Ring

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REACH UP YOUTH.

• REACH UP YOUTH income £236k
• The Surrey Wellbeing Partnership income £7.4m
• MENTORING PLUS BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET income £770k
• NORTH SURREY COMMUNITY COUNSELLING PARTNERSHIP income £176k
• CENTRAL CHESHIRE BUDDY SCHEME income £141k
• URBAN SYNERGY income £540k

Side by side with its peers

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