Bideford Bay Surf Lifesaving Club

Analysis

Bideford Bay Surf Lifesaving Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bideford. It was registered in November 1997, 29 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 buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Bideford Bay Surf Lifesaving Club reported income of £15k and spending of £18k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £4,886 to £15k (+213%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 300%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bideford Bay Surf Lifesaving Club sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Clarborough and District Community Association (£15k), Old School Community Rooms (Oscr) (£15k) and Creigiau Recreation Charity / Elusen Hamdden Creigiau (£15k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.