THE COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SERVICE LIFEBOAT FUND

Registered charity 248421 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CIVIL SERVICE AND POST OFFICE LIFE BOAT FUND, CIVIL SERVICE,POST OFFICE AND BRITISH TELECOM LIFEBOAT FUND, Civil Service Lifeboat Fund, THE LIFEBOAT FUND · also registered in Scotland as SC041904 (OSCR)

The Lifeboat Fund (formerly called CISPOTEL) is an official charity of the Civil Service and receives donations from Royal Mail and BT staff. The Fund raises money for the RNLI to provide new lifeboats and to train and equip crews. Since it was founded in 1866, The Lifeboat Fund has provided 54 lifeboats, saving over 4,700 lives and has helped refurbish a lifeboat station on the River Thames.

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Latest income

£49k

Latest spending

£91k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £23,021 at the end of the financial year, a decrease from £40,349 in the prior year. The trustees maintain that these modest reserves are appropriate given the Fund's size and reliance on voluntary income. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: modest level of unrestricted reserves to ensure that the Fund can meet its ongoing liabilities and continue to remain a going concern (held: £23k)

“The trustees maintain a modest level of unrestricted reserves to ensure that the Fund can meet its ongoing liabilities and continue to remain a going concern.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

John-Paul Marks CBchair
Andrew Theodore Goodman · trustee of 1 other charity
Angela Mary Saunders
Christopher Lamb BEM
Colin Billingsley MBE
Corin Jean Stella Robertson
FRANCES KILNER MBE
James Tristan Wyndham Dunstan
Jonathan Smith
Matthew Derek Briggs
Michael David Robinson
Michael Joseph Paul Lawler
Nicholas John Riddle
Peter Jamieson
Toni Court

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£49k	£91k
31/12/2024	£40k	£11k
31/12/2023	£48k	£68k
31/12/2022	£108k	£112k
31/12/2021	£72k	£91k

Common questions

Is THE COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SERVICE LIFEBOAT FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £23,021 at the end of the financial year, a decrease from £40,349 in the prior year. The trustees maintain that these modest reserves are appropriate given the Fund's size and reliance on voluntary income. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SERVICE LIFEBOAT FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SERVICE LIFEBOAT FUND as a grant recipient include COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES	FY2025	£13k	Grants to institutions