Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Large legacies income: +2
Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
12+ Trustees: -1
Dynamic board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -1

THE COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SERVICE LIFEBOAT FUND

The Lifeboat Fund (formerly called CISPOTEL) is an official charity of the Civil Service and receives donations from Royal Mail and BT staff. The Fund raises money for the RNLI to provide new lifeboats and to train and equip crews. Since it was founded in 1866, The Lifeboat Fund has provided 54 lifeboats, saving over 4,700 lives and has helped refurbish a lifeboat station on the River Thames.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has received more than half of its income from legacies in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities
Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/12/22		£108	£112	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/12/21		£72	£91	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/12/20		£71	£53	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/12/19		£87	£187	£-100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/12/18	*	£669	£575	£94	£5	£161	£156	3.2	0	17
31/12/17	*	£106	£498	£-392	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£548	£127	£421	£40	£458	£458	43.2	0	0
31/12/15		£164	£203	£-39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£186	£157	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	*	£186	£205	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£162	£163	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£164	£143	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	*	£163	£156	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£217	£215	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£155	£133	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£135	£119	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£182	£183	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£186	£187	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£116	£186	£-70	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 58 years

www.thelifeboatfund.org.uk

lifeboat.fund@dwp.gov.uk

0300 038 9303

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Search & rescue & emergency services

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (16)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 15/16 persons

REBEKKA BURROWS Appointed: 2020

ANDY HEADWORTH Appointed: 2023

ANGELA MARY SAUNDERS Appointed: 2010

CHRISTOPHER LAMB BEM Appointed: 2022

CORIN JEAN STELLA ROBERTSON Appointed: 2022

DR SIMON CASE CVO (Chair) Appointed: 2023

FRANCES KILNER MBE Appointed: 2012

JAMES TRISTAN WYNDHAM DUNSTAN Appointed: 2023

JONATHAN MARK DAVIES Appointed: 2018

JONATHAN SMITH Appointed: 2023

MATTHEW DEREK BRIGGS Appointed: 2023

MICHAEL DAVID ROBINSON Appointed: 2015

MICHAEL JOSEPH PAUL LAWLER Appointed: 2023

NICHOLAS JOHN RIDDLE Appointed: 2023

PETER JAMIESON Appointed: 2023

TONI COURT Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/06/1966, number: 248421

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR18: 50 days late, AR17: 8 days late, AR13: 19 days late, AR10: 77 days late,

Main office

Honorary Secretary
Civil Service Lifeboat Fund
Department for Work and Pensions
2 St Peters Square
Manchester
M2 3AA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE FUND SHALL BE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF LIFE AT SEA BY RAISING MONEY TO FURTHER THE WORK OF THE RNLI BY PROVIDING FROM TIME TO TIME THE COST, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OF REPLACEMENT OF CISPOTEL BOATS AND/OR ADDITIONAL LIFEBOATS AT OTHER STATIONS; AND IN ANY OTHER RELATED MANNER THAT MAY BE AGREED BETWEEN CISPOTEL AND THE RNLI.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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