Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

RHOOSE LIFEGUARDS 

surf lifesaving club at rhoose ,Vale of Glamorgan
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/23£37£26£11n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/08/22*£40£36£4n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/08/21£13£21£-8n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/08/20*£20£16£4n/an/an/an/an/a58
31/08/19£39£51£-12n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/08/18*£54£53£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17*£41£36£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£33£34£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15*£33£34£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£29£28£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£38£46£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£35£26£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£35£35£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10*£42£42£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£33£40£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/08?*£31£31£-1£0£0£0n/a00
01/01/70£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
01/01/70£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
01/01/70£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
01/01/70£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 30 years

www.rhooselifeguards.co.uk

Hello@rhooselifeguards.co.uk

07805972902

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Vale Of Glamorgan,
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 200 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Transport - Inshore & Inland Rescue Boat Grant Fund
£5,679 01/11/2017
To increase UK SAR capability by supporting purchase of rescue boats and water rescue equipment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/06/1994, number: 1039093
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
16 returns made; AR22: 12 days late, AR20: 269 days late, AR18: 105 days late, AR17: 130 days late, AR15: 284 days late, AR10: 152 days late, AR08: 104 days late,
Main office

26 STATION STREET
BARRY
CF63 4LY

Objectives

TO SAVE LIFE WHETHER BY PREVENTION OR BY RESCUE FROM THE BEACH

Defined Area of Benefit:

FONTYGARY BAY RHOOSE BARRY SOUTH GLAMORGAN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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