HAMBLE LIFEBOAT LIMITED

Registered charity 265661 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAMBLE INSHORE RESCUE, HAMBLE LIFEBOAT, HAMBLE RESCUE, THE INSHORE RESCUE SERVICE CHARITY LIMITED

Lifeboat rescue services, to assist people in trouble on or in the water. Inshore rescue of Hamble River and Southampton water.Independent Charity from the RNLI. Charity Registration No 265661

Objects

TO PROTECT LIFE AND RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS AFFECTED BY ILLNESS, ACCIDENTS OR NATURAL HAZARDS IN THE INSHORE WATER IN THE SOLENT AND SOUTHAMPTON WATER AREA AND ELSEWHERE.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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

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Latest income

£126k

Latest spending

£94k

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall surplus of £32,008 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a significant increase in donation income. The charity holds total funds of £656,159, including a designated capital assets replacement fund of £164,410 intended for future lifeboat replacements. The trustees consider the charity's financial position healthy, noting that the general undesignated reserve is just under their stated minimum policy target of £30,000 but can be supplemented by designated funds if necessary.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £21k; policy: at least £30,000)

“Whilst the balance on the general undesignated reserve is just under this figure at the year-end”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

James Lawrence Godwinchair
Gary David Duke
JANET BRYONY MOTHERWELL
Jim Motherwell
Peter John Jack
Steve Emery
Timothy Adams

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£126k	£94k
31/12/2023	£80k	£96k
31/12/2022	£65k	£93k
31/12/2021	£60k	£86k
31/12/2020	£84k	£69k

Common questions

Is HAMBLE LIFEBOAT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall surplus of £32,008 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a significant increase in donation income. The charity holds total funds of £656,159, including a designated capital assets replacement fund of £164,410 intended for future lifeboat replacements. The trustees consider the charity's financial position healthy, noting that the general undesignated reserve is just under their stated minimum policy target of £30,000 but can be supplemented by designated funds if necessary. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HAMBLE LIFEBOAT LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HAMBLE LIFEBOAT LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS).

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	FY2025	£1k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PHILIP J MILTON AND COMPANY PLC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	—
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION	1	£1.2m
THE LATE GWYNETH MON WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£246k
THE LINBURY TRUST	1	£185k
THE KENNETH & SUSAN GREEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£160k
THE VALERIE EVELYN MORANT TRUST	1	£151k
THE LIDBURY FAMILY TRUST	1	£100k
THE SHANLY FOUNDATION	1	£65k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEMSBY INSHORE RESCUE SERVICE.

HEMSBY INSHORE RESCUE SERVICE income £150k
PETT LEVEL INDEPENDENT RESCUE BOAT ASSN. income £159k
SIDMOUTH LIFEBOAT income £638k
THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION income £286.7m
BRANKSOME CHINE SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB income £131k
LOCAL SOLUTIONS income £14.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HAMBLE LIFEBOAT LIMITED	£126k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
HEMSBY INSHORE RESCUE SERVICE FY2025	£150k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PETT LEVEL INDEPENDENT RESCUE BOAT ASSN. FY2025	£159k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SIDMOUTH LIFEBOAT FY2025	£638k	—	0	above	10.0%	no doubt
THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION FY2025	£286.7m	more than £60,000	125	within	—	no doubt
BRANKSOME CHINE SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB FY2024	£131k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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