Surrey Welfare Rights Unit

Analysis

Surrey Welfare Rights Unit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in June 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03335128). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Surrey Welfare Rights Unit reported income of £357k and spending of £306k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £206k to £357k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Surrey Welfare Rights Unit sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Inclusive Leisure Education Activities Project (£356k), The Boaz Trust Hampshire Limited (£357k) and Ms Action Limited (£355k).