The West Surrey Golf Club Charitable Trust

Analysis

The West Surrey Golf Club Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Godalming. It was registered in July 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The West Surrey Golf Club Charitable Trust reported income of £35k and spending of £36k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £25k to £35k (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The West Surrey Golf Club Charitable Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (£35k), The British Society for Nanomedicine (£35k) and The Little Things (£35k).