LOUGHOR INSHORE RESCUE

Registered charity 1024113 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOUGHOR LIFEBOAT, LOUGHOR RESCUE BOAT

Loughor Inshore Rescue is a declared asset with the Maritime & Coastguard agency and primarily provides an Inshore Lifeboat. The Lifeboat provides the community with sea and coastal Rescue Services in and around the Loughor Estuary. The Crew also provide Flood Search & Rescue capability to the surrounding communities & Safety talks to schools.

Objects

TO FACILITATE THE PROTECTION OF LIFE BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN INSHORE RESCUE SERVICE.

Area of benefit: LOUGHOR ESTUARY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Swansea, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£17k
Latest spending
£14k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £9,862 for the year, with total receipts of £27,941 against payments of £18,079. At the end of the reporting period, the charity held cash funds of £6,008 and retained operational assets including lifeboat craft and vehicles. The trustees confirm they review the financial position regularly to ensure reserves remain appropriate for the scale of activities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Income was primarily generated through community fundraising events, donations, donation pots and supporter direct debits.” — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 20

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 09/12/2025, 39 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 08/02/2024, 100 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 04/02/2024, 461 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Carmarthenshire · City Of Swansea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£17k£14k
31/12/2024£28k£18k
31/12/2023£13k£16k
31/12/2022£22k£26k
31/12/2021£3k£11k

Common questions

Is LOUGHOR INSHORE RESCUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £9,862 for the year, with total receipts of £27,941 against payments of £18,079. At the end of the reporting period, the charity held cash funds of £6,008 and retained operational assets including lifeboat craft and vehicles. The trustees confirm they review the financial position regularly to ensure reserves remain appropriate for the scale of activities.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2015£5kLifeboat Operational Equipment
UK government—£10kInshore & Inland Rescue Boat Grant Fund

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SIDMOUTH LIFEBOAT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LOUGHOR INSHORE RESCUE£17k—0unclear—no doubt
SIDMOUTH LIFEBOAT FY2025£638k—0above10.0%no doubt
Felixstowe Lifeboat FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt
HAMBLE LIFEBOAT LIMITED FY2024£147k—0below—no doubt
GAFIRS FY2025£358k—0unclear—noted
ULVERSTON INSHORE RESCUE FY2025£99k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.