Bude Surf Life Saving Club

Analysis

Bude Surf Life Saving Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bude Surf Life Saving Club reported income of £117k and spending of £88k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £197k to £117k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bude Surf Life Saving Club sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God and RCCG Divine Revelation Parish Liverpool (£117k), Project Lily (£117k) and The Shadwell Community Project (£117k).