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Registered charity · Surrey

Surrey Welfare Rights Unit

Objects4. The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically: to promote any charitable purpose for the public benefit by the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress in...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £357k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex
Website
www.swru.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Surrey Welfare Rights Unit
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£357k£306k
  • 2024£293k£247k
  • 2023£245k£230k
Earlier years
  • 2022£196k£211k
  • 2021£206k£202k
Charitable objects

Objects4. The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically: to promote any charitable purpose for the public benefit by the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress in particular, but without limitation, for the benefit of the community in Surrey and surrounding areas.

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

4.7y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 8Education/training 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 6Manufacturing 2Education 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£357k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
76%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1062826
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 18 MARCH 1997 as amended on 24 Nov 1999 as amended on 14 Oct 2005 as amended on 13 Dec 2010 as amended on 18 Feb 2019 as amended on 01 Aug 2019 as amended on 24 Sep 2019 as amended on 22 Jul 2024 as amended on 22 Jul 2024
Companies House
Company number 03335128 · Active
Contact on the register
01483492929 · bureau@swru.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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