ULVERSTON INSHORE RESCUE

Registered charity 1101567 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ULVERSTON INSHORE RESCUE LIMITED

To provide an effective rescue service for any human animal or boat in peril from the sea or Sands of Morecambe Bay and beyond as required. Also to provide services for search and sand rescue etc. To educate the public to the dangers of Morecambe Bay.

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Latest income

£99k

Latest spending

£40k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is financially viable and able to meet its overheads going forwards, with total funds increasing from £91,499 to £150,667 during the year. The trustees have not declared a reserves policy, noting that tangible assets were acquired by specific fundraising and operating expenses are met from ongoing annual fundraising. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £72,846 and restricted capital funds of £77,821, indicating a stable financial position without disclosed material uncertainties.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The Chairman, Mr J F Hornby is a partner in J F Hornby & Co. Mr P Hornby, also a partner, is the charity's independent examiner. J F Hornby & Co prepared the Charity accounts and undertook the independent examination on a honorarium basis.

“The Chairman, Mr J F Hornby is a partner in J F Hornby & Co. Mr P Hornby, also a partner, is the charity's independent examiner. J F Hornby & Co prepared the Charity accounts and undertook the independent examination on a honorarium basis. Included in restricted grants received was an amount of £11,200 from The Hornby foundation to fund the purchase of a new quad bike.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04759588

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ulverston Inshore Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

WILSON, Shirley-Anne — director, appointed 12/02/2025on trustee list
COLLAR, Owen Dean — director, appointed 19/07/2023on trustee list
DRAKE, Jacqueline Ann — director, appointed 06/04/2023on trustee list
HORNBY, John Fleet — director, appointed 24/01/2022on trustee list
HUTT, Ian — director, appointed 19/07/2010on trustee list
PROSSER, Patricia Mary — director, appointed 18/12/2006on trustee list
PROSSER, Patricia Mary — secretary, appointed 12/03/2014

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

IAN HUTT · trustee of 1 other charity
Jacqueline Ann Drake · trustee of 5 other charities
John Hornby
Owen Dean Collar · trustee of 1 other charity
PATRICIA PROSSER
Shirley-Anne Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£99k	£40k
31/05/2024	£59k	£34k
31/05/2023	£15k	£30k
31/05/2022	£31k	£56k
31/05/2021	£14k	£36k

Common questions

Is ULVERSTON INSHORE RESCUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is financially viable and able to meet its overheads going forwards, with total funds increasing from £91,499 to £150,667 during the year. The trustees have not declared a reserves policy, noting that tangible assets were acquired by specific fundraising and operating expenses are met from ongoing annual fundraising. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £72,846 and restricted capital funds of £77,821, indicating a stable financial position without disclosed material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ULVERSTON INSHORE RESCUE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ULVERSTON INSHORE RESCUE as a grant recipient include THE DAVID SNOWDON TRUST, THE FRIEDA SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, BAIN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DAVID SNOWDON TRUST	FY2024	£11k
THE FRIEDA SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE FRIEDA SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£5k
BAIN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£4k
THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITY	FY2024	£3k
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITY	FY2022	£1k
THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITY	FY2023	£700
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£500	Other Charities/Voluntary Bodies
CLARK FOUNDATION	FY2022	£250
THE DAVID SNOWDON TRUST	FY2025	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/10/2014	£10k	Ulverston Inshore Rescue Hovercraft Appeal