Surrey Care Trust

Name

Surrey Care Trust

Legal name

Surrey Care Trust

Website

https://surreycaretrust.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Guildford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Individual donations, fundraising events, and general charitable contributions from supporters
2. Corporate Partnerships: Funding and in-kind support from corporate partners including team volunteering days, event sponsorship, direct programme funding, and Charity of the Year partnerships
3. Charitable Trusts and Foundations: Funding from charitable trusts and foundations such as Community Foundation for Surrey
4. Statutory Funding: Government and statutory contracts including Surrey County Council Mental Health Investment Fund and Department of Work and Pensions partnerships
5. Legacies: Gifts in Wills from supporters leaving legacy donations
6. Payroll Giving: Tax-efficient regular donations through employer payroll schemes

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Surrey Care Trust is a registered charity providing free, long-term community support services across Surrey. Its core offerings include one-to-one mentoring for young people aged 11-25, alternative education for 14-16 year olds, employment support, mental health and wellbeing programmes, family support through family centres, and nature-based therapeutic activities such as community boating, gardening, and allotments. All services are delivered free of charge or heavily subsidised to beneficiaries.

Product overview

Surrey Care Trust is a charity organization (not a technology company) offering a portfolio of community support services focused on breaking cycles of disadvantage. The core offering consists of multiple distinct programmes: Youth and Family Mentoring Support provides one-to-one mentoring for young people; STEPS to 16 offers alternative education for 14-16 year olds; Steps2Work and Steps2Wellbeing provide employment support; Wellbeing Mentors delivers mental health support; Family Support Services operates Stanwell and Clarendon Family Centres; Swingbridge Community Boats runs wellbeing cruises and conservation; Gateway Community Garden provides therapeutic gardening and alternative learning; Outside & Active Courses offers 12-week nature-based programmes; and Stanwell Community Allotments runs community gardening. Supporting services include a Volunteering Programme with 400+ trained volunteers, the Surrey 5 Peaks Charity Challenge fundraising event, and Corporate Partnership opportunities. All services are free or heavily subsidised, delivered across Surrey's eleven boroughs with support from trained volunteers and 60+ home-based staff.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Swingbridge Community Boats: Award-winning environmental conservation and wellbeing activities on west Surrey's waterways, offering wellbeing cruises and conservation projects on Rivers Wey and Thames.
• Gateway Community Garden
• STEPS to 16
• Steps2Wellbeing
• Steps2Work
• Stanwell and Clarendon Family Centres
• Wellbeing Mentors
• Outside & Active
• Stanwell Community Group

Products and services

• Youth and Family Mentoring Support Free, long-term, one-to-one mentoring for young people aged 11-18 across Surrey and 18-25 in Woking and Guildford, including those within family settings. Delivered by trained volunteers in schools and community settings such as cafes.
• STEPS to 16 Alternative learning programme providing social, emotional, and educational support to 14-16 year olds who struggle in mainstream education. Based in Woking with a homely atmosphere featuring two classrooms, a teaching kitchen, and an outdoor area.
• Steps2Work Employment support programme helping people living with various struggles that affect their ability to find and keep employment. Based in Woking, specifically helping young people with a range of challenges.
• Steps2Wellbeing Free holistic mentoring programme combining 1:1 support from experienced staff and trained volunteer mentors with nature-based therapy activities. Supports people struggling with mental health and employment in Woking, Reigate, and Stanwell.
• Wellbeing Mentors Part of Mindworks Surrey, provides emotional and wellbeing support for young people aged 11-18 years struggling with issues such as anxiety or depression. Offers early-intervention mental health support.
• Family Support Services (Stanwell and Clarendon Family Centres) Family centres in Spelthorne offering outreach support, practical advice, and activities to help parents give children the best start in life. Provides support for families approaching crisis.
• Swingbridge Community Boats Award-winning wellbeing cruises and conservation activities on the Rivers Wey and Thames. Includes Swingbridge Tranquility for accessible wellbeing trips and Swingbridge Endeavour for environmental conservation projects.
• Gateway Community Garden Award-winning community garden in Reigate providing therapeutic gardening activities for families and adults. Includes Alternative Learning programme for 14-16 year olds struggling with mainstream education.
• Outside & Active Courses Free 12-week nature-based wellbeing courses tailored to people struggling with mental health. Includes activities such as conservation, gardening, animal experiences, and water-based sports.
• Stanwell Community Allotments Community-led allotment project providing outdoor and gardening activities for local groups and families. Part of the Stanwell Community Group, helping people engage with nature and build community connections.
• Volunteering Programme Recruits, trains, and works with hundreds of local volunteers providing practical advice, support, and nature-based activities. Offers opportunities for mentoring, boat crew, garden support, and event marshalling.
• Surrey 5 Peaks Charity Challenge Annual charity walking challenge through the Surrey Hills. Offers 13-mile and 26-mile routes to raise funds for the charity's community programmes.
• Corporate Partnership Opportunities Corporate volunteering and partnership opportunities enabling businesses to support the charity through team volunteering days, event sponsorship, Charity of the Year partnerships, and direct programme funding.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,700 people supported annually across Surrey
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SES WatercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partnership with water utility company SES Water including team volunteering days at Gateway Community Garden such as pond restoration projects. SES Water employees participate in CSR activities providing mutual benefit for community engagement and employee wellbeing.
• ThalesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCSR partnership supporting Gateway Community Garden through volunteer assistance. Thales employees helped create the Makers Corner space within the award-winning community garden.
• Surrey Probation ServiceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Payback scheme partnership where participants on the scheme work with SCT volunteers aboard Swingbridge Endeavour for conservation projects along the River Wey, providing meaningful activity and skill development.
• Woking Borough CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership working with Woking Borough Council and Department of Work and Pensions on Steps2Work programme, celebrating 6 years of helping vulnerable young people in Woking with employment needs.
• Morr & CominorOthersLegacy Partner - a local solicitors firm providing guidance and support to supporters making Wills and leaving gifts to Surrey Care Trust.
• Surrey Wellbeing PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership as part of Mindworks Surrey service providing Wellbeing Mentors for young people aged 11-18 struggling with emotional or mental health difficulties as an early-intervention programme.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Family Action: UK national charity providing family support, mental health, and social prescribing services through local delivery — directly comparable to SCT's family centre and mentoring model, with broader geographic reach across England.
• Place2Be: UK children's mental health charity delivering school-based counselling and mentoring — directly comparable to SCT's school-based mentoring and Wellbeing Mentors (Mindworks Surrey) programmes for 11–18 year olds.
• Home-Start UK: UK family support charity using trained volunteers to help families with young children — directly comparable operating model to SCT's Family Centres and volunteer-led family mentoring in Spelthorne and Surrey.
• Catch22: UK social business delivering youth employment, alternative education, and family services — directly comparable to SCT's Steps2Work employment programme and STEPS to 16 alternative education model.

Broad incumbents

• The Children's Society: Large UK national charity supporting disadvantaged children through advocacy and direct services — operates in overlapping youth and family support space, but at significantly greater scale and with a national rather than county-level footprint.
• Mind: UK's leading mental health charity — comparable to SCT's Wellbeing Mentors and Steps2Wellbeing mental health programmes, but Mind operates nationally with hundreds of local Minds and far larger fundraising capacity.
• The Prince's Trust: Major UK youth charity focused on employment, education, and enterprise for 11–30 year olds — overlapping with SCT's Steps2Work and STEPS to 16 programmes but operating at national scale with corporate partners like Tesco and HSBC.
• Barnardo's: Largest UK children's charity, running services across child mental health, family support, and alternative education — comparable mission to SCT but operates hundreds of services nationwide with substantially larger resources.

Emerging players

• Centrepoint: UK youth homelessness charity providing housing, training, and employment support to young people aged 16–25 — partially comparable to SCT's Steps2Work and youth mentoring work, with a tighter housing-focused remit.
• Social Prescribing providers (e.g. Bromley by Bow Centre): UK community organisations delivering nature-based and social prescribing wellbeing programmes — comparable to SCT's Outside & Active, Gateway Community Garden, and Swingbridge Boats nature-wellbeing model within NHS social prescribing frameworks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

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