Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 15
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

THE SURREY CARE TRUST 

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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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
Established: 41 years

www.surreycaretrust.org.uk

info@surreycaretrust.org.uk

01483426990

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£1,872£1,761£111£213£649£6494.455659
31/07/22£1,896£1,763£133£214£538£5383.741600
31/07/21£1,635£1,531£104£187£405£4033.236500
31/07/20£1,319£1,244£75£164£331£3253.130350
31/07/19*£1,202£1,131£71£157£256£2462.630250
31/07/18£1,010£987£23£151£125£1241.5250
31/07/17£981£940£41£138£103£981.2230
31/07/16£793£859£-66£136£61£510.7220
31/07/15£841£811£30£131£127£801.2220
31/07/14?£1,578£1,640£-62£248£98£740.5300
31/03/13£1,139£1,321£-182£168£159£1181.1340
31/03/12£1,398£1,512£-115£177£341£1911.5380
31/03/11£1,563£1,547£16£180£456£2552390
31/03/10£1,484£1,482£2£168£440£2552.1370
31/03/09£1,421£1,420£1£184£438£2312350
31/03/08£1,338£1,264£75£159£437£2552.4320
31/03/07£1,146£1,121£25£166£362£1872290
31/03/06*£1,299£1,161£138£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,137£1,149£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£954£981£-27£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 12.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 55 employees
  • 659 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Community Foundation for Surrey£373,461
National Lottery Community Fund£249,928
Henry Smith Charity£225,400
Masonic Trust£40,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
BBC Children in Need£29,703
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Nurture through Nature
£249,928 30/08/2023
This funding will be used to support people through emotional and motivational workshops in nature. The project aims to support people to improve their mental health increase social skills and ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£40,000 25/01/2023
Steps to 16 - Alternative Learning programme for disadvantaged 14-16 year olds in Surrey
Community Foundation for Surrey - Mental Health Scale Up
£249,921 01/11/2022
Funding to expand a Mental Health intervention - Nurture through Nature - over five years
Community Foundation for Surrey - The Gateway Allotment
£7,500 17/10/2022
Funding towards a mentoring programme with a community allotment for people experience a variety of disadvantages in East Surrey.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Core Funding for Surrey Care Trust
£10,000 13/10/2022
Funding towards the essential running costs of an organisation that helps improve the lives of the Surrey residents who most need it.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Swingbridge Community Boats
£10,000 12/10/2022
Funding towards a community boat project which offers mentoring and volunteering opportunities to disadvantaged people.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Functional, Conversational ESOL (English as a Secondary/Other Language) Drop-Ins for Ukrainian Guests in Woking
£9,085 20/09/2022
Funding towards weekly English lessons for Ukrainian refugees in Woking.
Community Foundation for Surrey - STEPS Alternative Learning Centre
£10,000 19/07/2022
Funding towards the salary cost of a full time Senior Trainer for a STEPS programme based in Woking.
Community Foundation for Surrey - unrestricted donation
£1,000 14/07/2022
funding to support the work of the organisation
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Surrey Care Trust
£120,000 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing employability support for young people, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in Guildford, Surrey.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Employment Support for Syrian and Afghan Refugees (Bursaries for Qualifications)
£10,000 12/11/2021
11
Funding for employment support for Afghan Refugees (Bursaries for Qualifications)
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - The Surrey Care Trust - 05/06/21
£1,250 25/06/2021
Core Funding
Community Foundation for Surrey - Funding for specialist counselling sessions for young people aged 16 - 25 across Surrey
£5,000 29/04/2021
12
Funding for specialist counselling sessions for young people aged 16 - 25 across Surrey
Community Foundation for Surrey - Funding towards the salary costs of a Senior Trainer to enable alternative educational opportunities to disadvantage young people
£5,083 28/04/2021
12
Funding towards the salary costs of a Senior Trainer to enable alternative educational opportunities to disadvantage young people
Community Foundation for Surrey - Funding to further support a mentoring programme through a community allotment for people experiencing a range of disadvantages in East Surrey
£2,500 26/04/2021
12
Funding to further support a mentoring programme through a community allotment for people experiencing a range of disadvantages in East Surrey
Community Foundation for Surrey - Funding to enable disadvantaged people to access mentoring, volunteering and training via an established environmental community boat project
£5,000 21/04/2021
12
Funding to enable disadvantaged people to access mentoring, volunteering and training via an established environmental community boat project
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Surrey Care Trust's Gateway Community Allotment
£4,918 24/10/2020
We would like to provide 30 social and therapeutic horticultural sessions for 25 families in the local Redhill, Reigate and Merstham areas.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Surrey Care Trust
£105,400 12/08/2020
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Flourishing Families' project delivering one-to-one mentoring to families who are struggling to overcome entrenched social deprivation in Surrey.
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Mental Wellbeing
£19,227 28/07/2020
12
Funding for COVID-19 Support Groups, helps those who have suffered the effects of COVID-19, or are bereaved
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,500 22/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Surrey Care Trust
£3,200 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund 1-1 sessions with young people struggling with their mental health due to Covid-19, and help them to reduce their anxiety and feel more in control.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Surrey Care Trust
£26,503 28/05/2020
36
This project will deliver counselling support for children and young people from low income families. The sessions will help to reduce their anxiety, raise their aspirations, build positive ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,200 19/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - Mental wellbeing
£4,990 03/04/2020
Funding to upgrade and implement a number of remote working practices to enable support to be given to vulnerable people across Surrey, facing an array of issues during the Covid-19 outbreak
Community Foundation for Surrey - Free Counselling For 16-25 Year Olds, Improving Young People’s Mental Health
£4,155 01/04/2020
12
Free Counselling For 16-25 Year Olds, Improving Young People’s Mental Health
Community Foundation for Surrey - STEPS Alternative Learning Centre: high quality, personalised education for marginalised and vulnerable 14-16 year olds
£7,500 01/04/2020
12
STEPS Alternative Learning Centre: high quality, personalised education for marginalised and vulnerable 14-16 year olds
Community Foundation for Surrey - Swingbridge Community Boats: supported conservation activities on Surrey’s rivers
£5,000 01/04/2020
12
Swingbridge Community Boats: supported conservation activities on Surrey’s rivers
Community Foundation for Surrey - Mentoring in East Surrey At The Gateway Community Allotment
£7,500 01/04/2020
12
Mentoring in East Surrey long-term, intensive 1:1 support for disadvantaged local people, including the chronically unemployed, people with poor mental or physical wellbeing, and vulnerable young ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Surrey Care Trust
£3,185 15/11/2019
We want to provide fun activities for up to 20 disadvantaged 14-16 year olds at risk of leaving education.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000 15/10/2019
STEPS to 16 - Alternative Education Programme for Young Disadvantaged People.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Swingbridge Community Boats: environmental conservation opportunities for vulnerable adults
£2,520 12/04/2019
11
Funding for a conservation volunteering project for vulnerable people.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Volunteer Mentoring in East Surrey
£7,109 10/04/2019
11
Funding for a part time Mentor Manager to recruit, train, and support volunteer mentors to provide long term, intensive support to vulnerable and disadvantaged people in East Surrey
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Surrey Care Trust
£8,071 19/11/2018
We want to offer up to 50 places on our Swingbridge activities to help vulnerable people learn new skills and improve their mental health.
Wates Foundation - Surrey Care Trust
£10,000 13/09/2018
Funding for Programme development - including the management of programme staff and volunteers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mentoring 18-30 - supporting Young Adults
£9,963 22/11/2017
12
This project will provide mentoring support to vulnerable adults aged 18 to 30 with the aim of building their confidence, self-esteem and improving their life skills.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Surrey Care Trust
£17,244 13/11/2017
36
Counselling support for 60 16-18 year olds suffering from anxiety & depression in Woking. By attending sessions young people will be better able to manage their feelings, feel less helpless & ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Mentoring for Young Adults | STEPS Counselling
£7,000 20/10/2017
13
Continuation funding for SCT’s counselling work in Woking and mentoring work with young adults (aged 18-30) in the boroughs of Reigate & Banstead, Mole Valley and Tandridge.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 26/04/2017
STEPS to 16 Alternative Education Program
Community Foundation for Surrey - Mentoring young adults in East Surrey
£10,695 15/11/2016
11
Providing a one-to-one mentoring programme to support vulnerable young adults, aged 18 to 25, in East Surrey.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Surrey Care Trust
£8,460 08/09/2016
12
towards one year's salary of a Development Manager at a charity that supports disadvantaged people in Surrey
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Surrey Care Trust
£15,000 29/06/2016
24
Surrey Care Trust delivers a range of education, employment and self development projects across Surrey. it is seeking funding for a development manager to review and improve its impact measurement ....more
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£15,000 25/07/2014
Community youth programmes
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-73
  • KARI PRIDDEN Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Speech & Language Therapist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/11/1982, number: 285543
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/08/1982, number: 01658859
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR19: 8 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

Surrey Care Trust
Astolat FF12
Coniers Way
New Inn Lane
Burpham
Surrey

Objectives

(A) THE RELIEF OF SOCIAL DEPRIVATION AMONG PERSONS DISPLAYING THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY OF THE FACTORS SET OUT IN THIS CLAUSE 3 I) TO VIII) BELOW AND THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS (BEING IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUST THINKS FIT, INCLUDING, BUT NO LIMITED TO, TACKLING THE POSSIBLE CAUSES OF SOCIAL DEPRIVATION; (B) PROVIDING AND/OR PROMOTING EDUCATION AND/OR TRAINING AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE DISPLAYING THE CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL DEPRIVATION , THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS AND/OR THOSE PERSONS WHO, IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUST, ARE LIKELY TO BENEFIT FROM SUCH EDUCATION AND/OR TRAINING; (C) FURTHERING AND PROMOTING THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS AND METHODS OF RELIEVING SOCIAL DEPRIVATION; (D) OBTAINING AND MAKING RECORDS OF AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SAME; AND (E) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY (I) THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENT OF A PUBLIC PARK ; OR (II) THE PROVISION OF SOME OTHER PUBLIC AMENITY IN THE VICINITY OF A LANDFILL SITE PROVIDED THAT ANY PUBLIC PARK OR PUBLIC AMENITY PROVIDED, MAINTAINED OR IMPROVED BY VIRTUE OF THIS CLAUSE SHALL NOT BE OPERATED FOR PROFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ADMIN BOUNDARY OF THE SURREY PROBATION AND AFTERCARE SERVICE

Data Sources

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