BRIGHTON SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB

Registered charity 1155805 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BSLSC

Brighton Surf Life Saving Club is a charity of over 100 volunteers helping to make our beaches a safer and more enjoyable place for everyone. BSLSC volunteers have been providing beach lifeguard training and patrolling in the local community for more than 60 years..

Objects

(1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRIGHTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SURF LIFESAVING.(2) SAVING LIFE BY PREVENTION OR RESCUE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A BEACH LIFEGUARDING SERVICE AND TRAINING IN METHODS OF SURF LIFESAVING AND FIRST AID FOR RESUSCITATION AMONG THE RESCUED IN BRIGHTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's cash position remained strong with closing cash of £94,043. Total income for the year was £99,033, while total costs incurred were £70,760. The trustees report that the charity maintains a minimal reserve to enable cashflow.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Samuelchair
• Ben Tranter
• Imogen Wallace
• Joanne Gold
• Kevin Wu
• Mark Ansell
• Penny Oades
• Peter Maddox
• Sharon Critoph
• Sharon Louise Tuppeny

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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