THE SURREY CARE TRUST
Registered charity 285543 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Our mission is to tackle disadvantage, social exclusion and hardship in local communities and help people improve their life chances. We reach out to people to equip them with skills to improve their economic situation, to reduce their social isolation and to convince them that they have a valuable contribution to make to society.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,032,388, up from £829,492 in the prior year, supported by a net income of £202,896. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Donations received from trustees and related parties
“During the year aggregate donations of £23,100 (2024: £32,950) were received from Trustees and related parties.” — page 59
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Warner Wilde Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Surrey Care Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- BARNES, Martin David — director, appointed 11/08/2025on trustee list
- CATER, Tracey — director, appointed 21/10/2024on trustee list
- PAYNE, Natalie Eleanor — director, appointed 11/09/2023on trustee list
- DOWNES, Paul William Edwin — director, appointed 24/07/2020on trustee list
- SEARLE, Ronald Graham — director, appointed 01/03/2018not on trustee list
- WINTER STUART, Vivienne Laura — director, appointed 01/01/2018not on trustee list
- CHAPLIN, John Paul — director, appointed 01/01/2018on trustee list
- OSBORNE, Philip Charles — director, appointed 01/11/2016on trustee list
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£208k
Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (07/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Surrey
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE SURREY CARE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,032,388, up from £829,492 in the prior year, supported by a net income of £202,896. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Warner Wilde Limited.
Who funds THE SURREY CARE TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SURREY CARE TRUST as a grant recipient include PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION, THE INGRAM TRUST, THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LINDER FOUNDATION, THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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