SURF LIFE SAVING GREAT BRITAIN

Registered charity 1015668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SURF LIFE SAVERS, SURF LIFE SAVING ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN · also registered in Scotland as SC042339 (OSCR)

To undertake search and rescue activity, provide life saving and search and rescue training, promote lifeguard voluntary patrols, education and developing search and rescue skills through lifesaving sport. Raising public awareness to reduce drowning & preventable injuries, represent GB life saving as National Governing Body.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus with total income rising to £761,221 and total expenditure at £739,421, resulting in a net income of £21,800. Free reserves were reported at £218,340, which the Trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of holding between three and six months of budgeted expenditure. The charity maintains adequate cash balances of £261,372 and has no borrowings or material investments.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Griffin. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Surf Life Saving GB (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (51% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ASHLEY MANN
• Andrea Pennell
• Carolyn Giles
• David Green
• Glen Scott Mayhew
• Michael Travis
• Micheal Snelling
• Simon Cohen

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).