HOLYWELL BAY SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB

Registered charity 1048504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Principal activity is that of Surf Life Saving

Objects

TO SAVE LIFE WHETHER BY PREVENTION OR BY RESCUE FROM THE BEACH

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Latest income

£64k

Latest spending

£128k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the club significantly deployed its financial reserves on a new roof and mezzanine floor, resulting in a net decrease in cash funds from £85,134 to £21,166. The trustees report that the club must now rebuild reserves and work extra hard at fundraising due to current financial conditions. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Current financial conditions mean that the club is going to have to work extra hard at fundraising.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Holywell Bay Surf Lifesaving Club (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

ADAM JOHN COAD
KERRY JOHN DREWETT
PETER HERMAN

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£64k	£128k
31/12/2024	£69k	£62k
31/12/2023	£66k	£65k
31/12/2022	£57k	£83k
31/12/2021	£52k	£30k

Common questions

Is HOLYWELL BAY SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the club significantly deployed its financial reserves on a new roof and mezzanine floor, resulting in a net decrease in cash funds from £85,134 to £21,166. The trustees report that the club must now rebuild reserves and work extra hard at fundraising due to current financial conditions. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	14/06/2021	£8k	COVID19 Return to Play
Sport England	14/04/2020	£10k	Retention of Youth and Growth in Family Participation
Sport England	04/01/2017	£10k	New Entry Point for Adults in Surf Life Saving.
Sport England	30/07/2015	£10k	Supporting young athletes