Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club (CIO)

Analysis

Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club (CIO) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in December 2017, 9 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. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club (CIO) reported income of £63k and spending of £58k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £14k to £63k (+358%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 185%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club (CIO) sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Cathja (£63k), Cowran Care Ltd (£63k) and St Ann's Parish Charity (£63k).