Surf Life Saving Cornwall

Analysis

Surf Life Saving Cornwall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Redruth. It was registered in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Surf Life Saving Cornwall reported income of £54k and spending of £35k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £54k (+380%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 177%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Surf Life Saving Cornwall sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hebburn Unit 176 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£54k), Devizes Young Farmers Club (£54k) and Golcar United Community Playing Fields (£54k).