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THE VALLEY TRUST

Registered charity 293983 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Valley Trust provides counselling services to schools in Surrey and bordering counties, through the work of fully qualified and experienced counsellors and therapists.

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Latest income
£459k
Latest spending
£440k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £194,713, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £109,584. The charity reported a net surplus of £19,572 for the year, with total income of £459,156 and total expenditure of £439,584.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £195k)
“The Trustees’ policy is to maintain unrestricted reserves at a level at least equivalent to total costs for the next three months, which would amount to approximately £109,584.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2022)

Total income
£508k
Total spending
£521k
Cost of raising funds
£3k
Reserves (reported)
£168k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Croydon · Hampshire · Hillingdon · Hounslow · Richmond Upon Thames · Slough · Surrey · Sutton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£459k£440k
31/07/2024£463k£453k
31/07/2023£419k£421k
31/07/2022£508k£521k
31/03/2021£200k£202k

Common questions

Is THE VALLEY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £194,713, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £109,584. The charity reported a net surplus of £19,572 for the year, with total income of £459,156 and total expenditure of £439,584. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE VALLEY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE VALLEY TRUST as a grant recipient include THE GRACE DEAR TRUST, THE WINDFALL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GRACE DEAR TRUSTFY2025£52k
THE WINDFALL FOUNDATIONFY2025—Strengthening integrated Food Security and Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/05/2005£172kCounselling Service