Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership

Analysis

Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04302657). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership reported income of £735k and spending of £628k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £390k to £735k (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK Waltham Forest (£732k), New Life Church, Teesside (£735k) and Al-Hijrah Trust (£731k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £187k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.