Southerndown Surf Life Saving Club

Analysis

Southerndown Surf Life Saving Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgend. It was registered in September 1996, 30 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 services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Southerndown Surf Life Saving Club reported income of £12k and spending of £14k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £14k to £12k (-18%), an average of -4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Southerndown Surf Life Saving Club sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Emergency Team UK (£12k), Modbury Caring (£12k) and Defibrillators for All (£12k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.