Hove Surf Life Saving Club

Analysis

Hove Surf Life Saving Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in April 2019, 7 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 March 2026, Hove Surf Life Saving Club reported income of £13k and spending of £16k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £25k to £13k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hove Surf Life Saving Club sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mat Charity (£13k), Kumon Y'all (£13k) and The Ducklings Trust (£13k).