The charity has confirmed it will move all of the staff from the Leatherhead-based centre to Croydon as a result of the closure.
Ben Byrne, chairman of the Surrey criminal justice board victim and witness group and a member of the Surrey Safeguarding Children Board, said the board was working to ensure that resources would be provided to plug the gap left by the closure of the Leatherhead centre.
He said: "I think we will be able to fill the gaps around witness support through the witness service, but I think the more difficult gap to fill will be around the therapeutic needs of children who have been abused."
But Byrne added that it was difficult in the "current climate" to provide new services.
The NSPCC said moving staff from Leatherhead to Croydon would enable them to have the "most impact on the greatest number of children".
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