Each year some of the clubs in this division also take part in the RFU Junior Vase – a level 9–11 national competition.

Also joining were Old Freemans who elected to suffer a double relegation from Counties 2 Surrey.

Old Suttonians who finished 9th in 2022-23 but declined to return in Counties 5 Surrey withdrawing from league rugby instead.

Re-entering on a level transfer from the Middlesex leagues were Staines who had most recently competed in Herts/Middlesex 2 in 2021-22.

The cancellation of National 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Surrey 4 reverted to being a tier 11 league.

Promotion was to Surrey 3 and, as the division was at the lowest level of the English league system, there was no relegation.