SOUTH SHIELDS VOLUNTEER LIFE BRIGADE

Registered charity 1052343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Brigade provides a search and rescue back-up to HM Coastguard on a 24-hour, 365 days call-out system working in conjunction with RNLI Lifeboats and the main emergency services to help people in distress on and around the coast using SAR rescue equipment including special Land Rover fitted with a full range of search and rescue equipment and first aid facilities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Latest income
£60k
Latest spending
£24k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £134,917, an increase from the previous year's £99,336. The charity generated an operating profit of £33,104 and a net profit for the year of £35,581. The trustees report that the charity has kept proper accounting records and the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the charity's affairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gateshead · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£60k£24k
31/12/2023£24k£15k
31/12/2022£17k£24k
31/12/2021£43k£29k
31/12/2020£30k£22k

Common questions

Is SOUTH SHIELDS VOLUNTEER LIFE BRIGADE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £134,917, an increase from the previous year's £99,336. The charity generated an operating profit of £33,104 and a net profit for the year of £35,581. The trustees report that the charity has kept proper accounting records and the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the charity's affairs. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/06/2024£15kMillionaire Street 2024 05w2
UK government08/03/2021£8kCRF21 South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade
The National Lottery Community Fund31/05/2018£10kStaying Always Ready
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/08/2015£51k"Always Ready for 150 Years"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/01/2000£21k"Brigade Watch House, South Shields - Repair"