The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Surfers Against Sewage

Registered charity 1145877 Registered since 2012

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

6.7y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 7Professional services 6Arts and leisure 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.4m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 14.8 in 2020

46 from 20 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.sas.org.uk
Emailinfo@sas.org.uk
Phone01872553001
AddressUNIT 2 WHEAL KITTY WORKSHOPS, WHEAL KITTY, ST. AGNES, CORNWALL, TR5 0RD

Finances

£3,363,756 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,646,004£1,242,957
2021£2,444,898£2,036,464
2022£2,783,302£2,368,943
2023£2,894,655£2,996,067
2024£3,363,756£3,327,429

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO UNDERTAKE AND PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, IMPROVEMENT AND ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING ASSOCIATED LAND, SHORELINE AND STRUCTURES.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, IMPROVEMENT AND ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING ASSOCIATED LAND, SHORELINE AND STRUCTURES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 APR 1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/01/2012 as amended on 22 Feb 2022

Trustees (7)

7trustees
53median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Surfers Against Sewage · 02920815 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/04/1994

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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