SIDMOUTH LIFEBOAT

Registered charity 1105914 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of emergency lifeboat rescue service approved by the Marine and Coastguard Agency

Objects

THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND IMPROVEMENT IN THE STANDARD OF INSHORE SEA AND COASTLINE SAFETY IN THE AREA AGREED WITH HER MAJESTY'S COASTGUARD BY SIDMOUTH LIFEBOAT AS A DECLARED RESCUE FACILITY.

Area of benefit: SIDMOUTH, DEVON

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Devon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £3,711,024, with free/unrestricted reserves standing at £1,247,873. The charity reported a surplus for the year, with incoming resources of £638,174 against expenditure of £297,366. The trustees confirm the organization is a going concern with adequate working capital.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Griffin. Discloses 5 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sidmouth Lifeboat (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~50.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PHILIP JAMES SHEPPERDchair
• ANDREW JOHN DEAN
• Christine Frances YOUNG
• IAN James FLETCHER
• Kitrina Campbell Bishop
• NAOMI COOK
• Richard Michael Hedger

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Felixstowe Lifeboat.

• Felixstowe Lifeboat income £53k
• PETT LEVEL INDEPENDENT RESCUE BOAT ASSN. income £159k
• HAMBLE LIFEBOAT LIMITED income £147k
• LOUGHOR INSHORE RESCUE income £17k
• WEYMOUTH SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB income £54k
• HEMSBY INSHORE RESCUE SERVICE income £150k

Side by side with its peers

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