THE SURF LIFE SAVING ASSOCIATION OF WALES

Registered charity 1157762 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SLSA WALES, SURF LIFE SAVING ASSOCIATION OF WALES

To help young people, especially but not exclusively through providing the facilities for young people to participate in organised life saving as a voluntary vital public service and to take part in beach and water sports so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society.

Objects

1. TO SAVE LIVES ON ALL BEACHES IN WALES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) PROMOTING, IMPROVING AND CONTROLLING THE WORK OF BEACH LIFE SAVING, RESUSCITATION AND FIRST AID (II) DEVELOPING AND IMPROVING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF LIFE SAVING (III) DEVELOPING AND IMPROVING BEACH LIFE SAVING METHODS AND EQUIPMENT (IV) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LIFE SAVING QUALIFICATIONS (V) CO-OPERATING WITH ALL ORGANISATIONS WITH SIMILAR AIMS 2. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH PROVIDING THE FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ORGANISED LIFE SAVING AS A VOLUNTARY VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE AND TO TAKE PART IN BEACH AND WATER SPORTS, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

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 charity reported a net expenditure of £36,027 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £84,799 to £48,772. The trustees state that reserves are held for future planned activities and are currently formulating an appropriate reserves policy. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David McNallychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Braggins
• ELIZABETH THOMAS
• Geraint Rees
• Phil Rees
• Simon Perry

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

Operates in: Bridgend · Carmarthenshire · Ceredigion · Conwy · Gwynedd · Isle Of Anglesey · Neath Port Talbot · Pembrokeshire · Rhondda Cynon Taff · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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