Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

SURF ACTION

Surf Action helps promote and protect the physical and psychological wellbeing of serving and former serving members of the armed forces of the crown and their families who are suffering physical or psychological difficulties as a result of their service and to assist them in making the transition to civilian life. Surfing, peer group activities, signposting and emotional support are provided.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/10/23£47£83£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/22£71£108£-37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/21£240£87£153n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/20£63£71£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/19£27£52£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/18£80£72£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/17£118£80£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/16£101£64£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/15£101£64£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/14£206£133£73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/13*£141£180£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/12£77£92£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
25/10/11*£71£5£66n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.surfaction.co.uk

info@surfaction.co.uk

07584286933

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£245,700
Ministry of Defence£110,000
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£25,000 03/09/2021
For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.
National Lottery Community Fund - Changing Minds
£245,700 21/04/2021
The funding will be used for a 5-year ocean therapy project focusing on the health and wellbeing of people aged between 7 and 65 who are living with medical mental health and emotional/behavioural difficulties.
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£35,000 12/02/2021
The Positive Pathways programme funded projects that develop and run activities supporting the mental health and wellbeing of ex-Forces.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£20,000 13/11/2020
For community projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£30,000 25/06/2020
Funding allowed the group to deal with the significant increase in requests for physical, psychological and relationship advice they have received from new, past and present service users.
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£30,000 15/06/2020
To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
National Lottery Community Fund - SURF ACTION 'CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE'
£363,169 11/02/2013
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 66-73
  • ALAN ROWE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • DOUGLAS BELL (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Self Employed
  • DEBORAH HARRISON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/02/2011, number: 1140191
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/10/2010, number: 07421247
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR13: 3 days late, AR11: 27 days late,
Main office

61 Green Lane
REDRUTH
Cornwall
TR15 1LS

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, WELLBEING AND WELFARE OF : I. THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED OR SUFFERED ILLNESS WHILST SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN, RESERVE FORCES AND THE CIVILIAN EMERGENCY SERVICES; AND II. THEIR DEPENDANTS AND CARERS; III. THOSE CIVILIANS WHICH THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM TO WARRANT SUPPORT. BY ANY LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE FOLLOWING: A) THE PROVISION OF TREATMENT AND SUPPORT, INCLUDING INTRODUCING THEM TO SURFING AND OTHER HIGH INTENSITY WATER SPORTS; B) INVOLVING THEM IN PEER GROUP ACTIVITIES; AND C) PROVIDING THEM WITH SUCH FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES (SUCH AS THE PROVISION OF A REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY CENTRE) AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE. 2. TO ASSIST SERVING AND FORMER SERVING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN TO RESETTLE AND REHABILITATE INTO CIVILIAN LIFE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES, ADVICE, GUIDANCE, EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT, TUITION AND HEALTHCARE WHERE APPROPRIATE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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