The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Survivors Fund (Surf)

Registered charity 1065705 Registered since 1997

Operates: Barnet, Rwanda

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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.

11 trustees on the board

4.9y median 2y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 13Tech and media 2Finance 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£557k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.8 in 2020

7 from 8 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.survivors-fund.org.uk
Emailsurfenquiries@survivors-fund.org.uk
Phone07590 329 267
Address42 Vivian Way, LONDON, N2 0HZ

Finances

£402,912 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£740,134£611,851
2022£730,911£797,055
2023£536,431£630,600
2024£557,389£520,412
2025£402,912£473,631

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine Relief

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION , RELIEVE POVERTY AND RELIEVE ANY PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL ILLNESS, DISORDER OR DISABILITY AMONG THE SURVIVORS OF THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 30 JULY 1997, SUPPLEMENTARY DEED DATED 20 SEPTEMBER 1997 AS AMENDED 15 JULY 2006

Trustees (11)

11trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Survivors Fund (Surf) · 03411565 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 30/07/1997

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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