Royal Surrey Charity

Analysis

Royal Surrey Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Royal Surrey Charity reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.2m, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.6m (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Royal Surrey Charity sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chana Charity Ltd (£1.6m), Bowel Research UK (£1.6m) and Cam International (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and trading 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £719k. Charitable activities took 44% of spending and raising funds 48%. Grants to other organisations totalled £471k. Reserves of £973k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.