SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE

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

Surfers Against Sewage is a national marine conservation and campaigning charity that inspires, unites and empowers communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £36,327 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total incoming resources of £3,363,756. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,869,869, which the trustees believe are within the required range to support continued activities and ensure resilience.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Sewage discharge map and how Surfers Against Sewage and Rivers Trust track dumping inews.co.uk · 22/08/2022

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Surfers Against Sewage (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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 31/12/2024)

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (60% 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: 32.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gabriel William Davieschair
• DR Heather Jane Koldewey
• Daniel Crockett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jenifer Anne Richardson · trustee of 2 other charities
• LAUREN DAVIES
• LESLEY KAZAN-PINFIELD
• Thomas Edward Lewis

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SURFERS NOT STREET CHILDREN UK.

• SURFERS NOT STREET CHILDREN UK income £342k
• CHRISTIAN SURFERS UNITED KINGDOM income £107k
• SEA-CHANGERS income £303k
• MARINE CONSERVATION SOCIETY income £5.3m
• BRANKSOME CHINE SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB income £131k
• THE BLACK SWIMMING ASSOCIATION (THE BSA) income £544k

Side by side with its peers

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