detailed explanation for each SIC code - Biffa

Explanatory Notes
UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 – SIC(2007)
94.91 Activities of religious organisations
This class includes:
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activities of religious organisations or individuals providing services directly to worshippers in churches, mosques, temples,
synagogues or other places
activities of organisations furnishing monastery and convent services
religious retreat activities
This class also includes:
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religious funeral service activities
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education provided by such organisations, see division 85
health activities by such organisations, see division 86
social work activities by such organisations, see divisions 87, 88
94.92 Activities of political organisations
This class includes:
– activities of political organisations and auxiliary organisations such as young people’s auxiliaries associated with a political
party. These organisations chiefly engage in influencing decision-taking in public governing bodies by placing members of
the party or those sympathetic to the party in political office and involve the dissemination of information, public relations,
fund-raising etc.
94.99 Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
This class includes:
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– activities of organisations not directly affiliated to a political party furthering a public cause or issue by means of public
education, political influence, fund-raising etc.:
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■ citizens initiative or protest movements
■ environmental and ecological movements
■ organisations supporting community and educational facilities n.e.c.
■ organisations for the protection and betterment of special groups, e.g. ethnic and minority groups
■ associations for patriotic purposes, including war veterans’ associations
consumer associations
automobile associations
associations for the purpose of social acquaintanceship such as rotary clubs, lodges etc.
associations of youth, young persons’ associations, student associations, clubs and fraternities etc.
– associations for the pursuit of a cultural or recreational activity or hobby (other than sports or games), e.g. poetry, literature
and book clubs, historical clubs, gardening clubs, film and photo clubs, music and art clubs, craft and collectors’ clubs, social
clubs, carnival clubs etc.
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associations for the protection of animals
This class also includes:
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grant giving activities by membership organisations or others
This class excludes:
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charitable activities like fund-raising aimed at social work, see 88.99
activities of professional artistic groups or organisations, see 90.0
activities of sports clubs, see 93.12
activities of professional associations, see 94.12
95 Repair of computers and personal and household goods
This division includes the repair and maintenance of computers peripheral equipment such as desktops, laptops, computer
terminals, storage devices and printers.
It also includes the repair of communications equipment such as fax machines, two-way radios and consumer electronics such
as radios and TVs, home and garden equipment such as lawn-mowers and blowers, footwear and leather goods, furniture and
home furnishings, clothing and clothing accessories, sporting goods, musical instruments, hobby articles and other personal
and household goods.
Excluded from this division is the repair of medical and diagnostic imaging equipment, measuring and surveying instruments,
laboratory instruments, radar and sonar equipment, see 33.13.
95.1 Repair of computers and communication equipment
This group includes the repair and maintenance of computers and peripheral equipment and communications equipment.
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