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SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE

Registered charity 1145877 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAS

Latest income
£3.4m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
2012

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£3.4m
Total spending
£3.3m
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£1.9m
Employees
46

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£3.4m£3.3m
31/12/2023£2.9m£3.0m
31/12/2022£2.8m£2.4m
31/12/2021£2.4m£2.0m
31/12/2020£1.6m£1.2m

Common questions

Who funds SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE as a grant recipient include THE ADFAL TRUST, THE PORTRACK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION, THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
THE ADFAL TRUSTFY2024£100k
THE PORTRACK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£100k
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATIONFY2024£90k
THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£50k
THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATIONFY2023£45k
M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£30k
THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATIONFY2025£25k
THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£25k
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£25k
THE PORTRACK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE TOMORO FOUNDATIONFY2024£17k
THE TOMORO FOUNDATIONFY2023£15k
THE LIMBOURNE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE LIMBOURNE TRUSTFY2023£8k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2023£6k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
LANGDALE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE BAY TREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE ADFAL TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
FRAZER TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUSTFY2024£1k
WHITAKER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery25/02/2025£300kRegular Grant 2025
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£300kRegular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery07/02/2023£300kSpecial Award 2022 - year 2
Postcode Lottery10/02/2022£300kSpecial Award 2022