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REST BAY LIFEGUARD CLUB

Registered charity 1041392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our main aim is to provide users of Rest Bay beach with the best possible lifeguard service. Training and educating members and the public in beach and water safety. We provide volunteer patrols of Rest Bay beach and train members (age 7 up) in lifesaving skills in order to gain lifesaving awards. Members are also given opportunities to participate in surf lifesaving competitions.

Objects

A) THE PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF LOSS OF LIFE BY DROWNING BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN INSHORE RESCUE SERVICE IN THE AREA OF REST BAY BEACH, PORTHCAWL, MID GLAMORGAN. B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY, IN PARTICULAR: I) THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF BEACH LIFE SAVING METHODS IN ALL THEIR RESPECTS II) THE PROMOTION OF THE WATER SAFETY ASPECT OF ALL BEACH ACTIVITIES III) THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE METHODS OF THE TEACHING AND INSTRUCTION OF THE ABOVE.

Area of benefit: REST BAY, PORTHCAWL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Bridgend, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£57k
Latest spending
£58k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the club reported a deficit of £851 for the year ended 31 December 2025, which was covered by fundraising, grant funding, and donations. The Treasurer notes that finances remain healthy and the balance sheet looks healthy through the first quarter of 2026, despite annual running costs rising to around £45k.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 200

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 200

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 120

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bridgend

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£57k£58k
31/12/2024£39k£30k
31/12/2023£41k£39k
31/12/2022£18k£24k
31/12/2021£17k£9k

Common questions

Is REST BAY LIFEGUARD CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the club reported a deficit of £851 for the year ended 31 December 2025, which was covered by fundraising, grant funding, and donations. The Treasurer notes that finances remain healthy and the balance sheet looks healthy through the first quarter of 2026, despite annual running costs rising to around £45k. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/06/2019£8kImproving lifesaving skills
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2016£5kImproving Numbers of Teenage Lifesavers
The National Lottery Community Fund24/11/2010£2kImprove Youth Community Service Participation
The National Lottery Community Fund22/12/2009£3kImproving Public Safety by providing additional equipment Volunteer Lifegua
The National Lottery Community Fund17/11/2008£5kRest Bay Lifeguard Club Volunteer Empowerment 2009
The National Lottery Community Fund15/10/2007£5kRest Bay Lifeguard Club - Save a life and Keep our Kids Safe
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2006£3kRest Bay Lifeguard-Training and Community Service Facilities
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2006£1kBeach and water safety training
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2004£1kUnspecified

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE TANLAW FOUNDATION1£78k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LANGLAND BAY LIFEGUARD CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
REST BAY LIFEGUARD CLUB£57k—0unclear—no doubt
LANGLAND BAY LIFEGUARD CLUB FY2024£30k—0unclear—no doubt
BUDE SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB FY2025£117k——unclear—no doubt
BOURNEMOUTH LIFEGUARD CORPS FY2025£48k—0above—no doubt
PORTREATH SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB FY2025£96k—0unclear28.6%no doubt
POLZEATH SURF LIFESAVING CLUB FY2025£104k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.