The Surrey Care Trust

Analysis

The Surrey Care Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burpham. It was registered in November 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01658859). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Surrey Care Trust reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.0m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £2.2m (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Surrey Care Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Richmondshire Building Preservation Trust Ltd (£2.2m), The Batsford Foundation (£2.2m) and Trust for Oxfordshire's Environment (Toe) Ltd (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, donations and legacies 21%, trading 2.3% and investments 2.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £50k. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 10%. Reserves of £690k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 60 people.