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Description

Surfers Against Sewage is a national marine conservation and campaigning charity that inspires, unites and empowers communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife.

Also known as

  • Sas
  • Surfers Against Sewage
  • Surfers Against Sewage
  • Surfers Against Sewage Ltd
  • Surfers against Sewage

CCEW Charity number

1145877

Company number

02920815

Registered

Postcode

TR5 0RD

Website

sas.org.uk

Domain

sas.org.uk

Latest income

£2,783,302 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Surfers Against Sewage

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Locations

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Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1145877 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1145877 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Surfers Against Sewage

GB-CHC-1145877

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Environment conservation and animal welfare advocacy G12

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Charitable activities CA » Policy campaigning and advocacy CA103
  • Economic and community development EC » Infrastructure EC200 » Water EC202
  • Environment EN » Wildlife EN104

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Environment/conservation/heritage 112

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • National

Surfers Against Sewage

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Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2012-02-13 Registered as a charity
2012-12-31 514,046 531,142
2013-12-31 641,029 634,749
2014-12-31 816,514 797,489
2015-12-31 943,321 909,419
2016-12-31 1,009,846 949,406
2017-12-31 1,171,687 946,264
2018-12-31 1,520,168 1,258,298
2019-12-31 2,329,145 1,780,343
2020-12-31 1,646,004 1,242,957
2021-12-31 2,444,898 2,036,464
2022-12-31 2,783,302 2,368,943
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

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Charity people

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2022
£
2021
£
Employees 28 24
Employees paid more than £60,000 2 1
Volunteers 286,636 142,428
Trustees 7
Employees
Volunteers

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Surfers Against Sewage

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Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£000s
2021
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 1,692.7 1,594.8
Legacies 5.0 10.0
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 1,697.7 1,604.8
Income from charitable activities 1,067.3 814.3
Income from other trading activities 17.1 25.6
Income from investments 1.2 0.2
Other income - -
Total 2,783.3 2,444.9
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 397.7 292.6
Spending on raising funds 397.7 292.6
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 1,971.2 1,737.7
Charitable activities 1,971.2 1,737.7
Other spending - 6.2
Total 2,368.9 2,036.5
Net income / (expenditure) 414.4 408.4

Surfers Against Sewage

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Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£000s
2021
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 263.3 165.0
Investment assets - -
263.3 165.0
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 2,451.8 1,924.7
Other current assets 71.6 80.1
2,523.3 2,004.8
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (249.1) (46.6)
Net current assets 2,274.2 1,958.2
Total assets less current liabilities 2,537.5 2,123.2
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year - -
Net assets 2,537.5 2,123.2
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 184.7 109.7
Unrestricted funds 2,352.8 2,013.5
2,537.5 2,123.2

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Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2022 (the latest year with data available) or 2021.

Surfers Against Sewage

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Grants received

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Received 18 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The Grocers' Charity £15,000 2023 Grant Ad Hoc - Surfers Against Sewage
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£29,000
1 month
Grant to Surfers Against Sewage
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£290,000
3 years
Grant to Surfers Against Sewage
The EQ Foundation £10,000 Grant to SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE
The EQ Foundation £15,000 Grant to Surfers against Sewage
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£27,763
6 months
Grant to Surfers Against Sewage
The EQ Foundation £15,200 Grant to SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch
Valuing The Ocean
£22,000 Surfers Against Sewage
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch
Valuing The Ocean
£22,000 Surfers Against Sewage
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£200,000
3 years
Grant to Surfers Against Sewage

Data source

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