Surrey Community Action
At a glance
Key takeaways
- If your organisation is a voluntary, community or faith group working with communities that are underrepresented in medical research, the Research Ready Surrey Grant is the scheme that matches that work, and it offers up to £3,000.
- Do not apply to it for funding to design your own independent research, to conduct service evaluations or to carry out internal audits, because the grant does not fund these.
- Applicants complete the application form and must meet the published deadline, which falls in May, so start the application well before then.
- The grant states that projects are prioritised, so make the fit with its eligibility and purpose clear in your application.
- The annual report gives its annual giving as £20,181, so keep any request modest and check the scale before asking for more.
Overview
Surrey Community Action is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1056527).
Surrey Community Action is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, which exists to promote charitable purposes primarily for the benefit of the inhabitants of Surrey and to promote co-operation in achieving them. It resources voluntary and community action through access to advice, training, funding and advocacy. Its reported grant-making includes the SPARKS scheme, which funds small charities and community-led initiatives in Woking, and it has also administered funding supplied by partners and distributed household support funding. According to the annual report, its annual giving is £20,181.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Surrey Community Action’s reported grant-making includes the SPARKS scheme, which funds small charities and community-led initiatives in Woking. It has also overseen a local grants round and administered funding supplied by partners, alongside distributing household support funding and delivering other funded support with local authorities. The charity describes its wider role as supporting voluntary and not-for-profit groups, primarily in Surrey, with advice and services to help them operate more effectively. Its work includes advocacy and representation, forums for sharing practice, business services, advice and information, as well as projects that help local communities.
Themes
- Community-led initiatives
Geographic Focus
Priority: The County of Surrey; the United Kingdom.
What they don't fund
- Research Ready Surrey Grant only:
- organisations to design their own independent research projects
- organisations to conduct service evaluations
- organisations to carry out internal audits
How to apply
For the Research Ready Surrey Grant, applicants complete the application form.
Deadlines: Applicants must meet the published application deadline.
Application windows:
- Research Ready Surrey Grant: Application deadline is in May.
Who can apply:
- Research Ready Surrey Grant: Voluntary community and faith sector organisations working with communities currently underrepresented in medical research may apply.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Projects are prioritised in the Research Ready Surrey Grant.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
- Surrey
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Surrey Community Action.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £698,736 | £653,437 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £539,654 | £515,046 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £588,441 | £554,015 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £802,010 | £703,021 | £17,340 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £694,957 | £666,341 | £20,181 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- surreyca.org.uk/supporting-the-sector · read on 30 October 2026
- surreyca.org.uk · read on 30 October 2026
- surreyca.org.uk/apply-for-a-research-ready-grant · read on 30 October 2026
- surreyca.org.uk/contact-us · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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