Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 5

TYNEMOUTH VOLUNTEER LIFE BRIGADE

Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade is a voluntary shore based coastal rescue team. We specialise in Rope Rescue, Water Rescue & Coastal Search and Rescue. Operating from the Watch House Museum in Tynemouth, we need to raise at least £30,000 each year to maintain our rescue team, free-to-visit museum and to provide our water safety educational offering.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 22 years

www.tvlb.org

secretary@tvlb.org

07745290053

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23		£119	£92	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£63	£65	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/21		£57	£32	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20		£49	£51	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/19		£43	£46	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/18	*	£65	£61	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£70	£42	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£38	£28	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£39	£100	£-60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£44	£24	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£31	£23	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£23	£20	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£36	£24	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£41	£21	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£30	£23	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£22	£18	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£15	£18	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£15	£29	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£31	£12	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£13	£18	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
£2,180	22/10/2022	We would like to provide life-saving water safety training to schools and community groups.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
£2,764	23/10/2021	The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade provide an essential 24-hour, 365 days per year coastal search and rescue service that has been saving lives on the North East coastline for over 155 years.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade (TVLB)
£2,529	24/10/2020	We operate a coastal search and rescue service along the North Tyneside coastline and River Tyne.
Department for Transport - Inshore & Inland Rescue Boat Grant Fund
£7,183	01/11/2017	To increase UK SAR capability by supporting purchase of rescue boats and water rescue equipment.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Rescue vehicle
£5,000	24/11/2016	Towards Rescue vehicle

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALAN GRAHAM Appointed: 2013

ARTHUR GEORGE WALLACE Appointed: 2022

DAVID BELL

DAVID GRAHAM Appointed: 2013

DAVID JAMES STEVEN Appointed: 2023

DR REBECCA DAY Appointed: 2023

JOHN DAVID WRIGHT (Chair)

JONATHAN PETERS Appointed: 2013

NORMAN PETERS

PETER LILLEY

SEBASTIAN LITTLEWOOD Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/07/2002, number: 1093237
Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: 04068050

Gift Aid

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 85 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR13: 21 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR08: 8 days late, AR07: 42 days late, AR06: 14 days late,

Main office

93 West Dene Drive
NORTH SHIELDS
NE30 2SZ

Objectives

(1) To save life and aid persons and vessels in distress on the coast and elsewhere by any means necessary including, but not limited to, the provision of a declared facility to Her Majesty's Coastguard.(2) To conserve and develop the Watch House, associated properties and artefacts and to record, maintain and disseminate information on the history of the Brigade for the benefit and education of the community.(3) To promote coastal & water safety and to educate children and other persons of the dangers inherent to the coast, rivers and inland bodies of water in order to safeguard the community.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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