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HEMSBY INSHORE RESCUE SERVICE

Registered charity 274451 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as H I R S

Rescue Lifeboats and Lifeboat Charity Shop

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Latest income
£150k
Latest spending
£131k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £718,974, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of three years' operational costs. The trustees confirm that the charity has returned to pre-pandemic fundraising levels and has no going concern issues, indicating a sustainable financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three years operational costs (held: £719k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to three years operational costs.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£150k£131k
29/02/2024£172k£131k
28/02/2023£190k£138k
28/02/2022£184k£120k
28/02/2021£109k£51k

Common questions

Is HEMSBY INSHORE RESCUE SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £718,974, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of three years' operational costs. The trustees confirm that the charity has returned to pre-pandemic fundraising levels and has no going concern issues, indicating a sustainable financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government03/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2019£10kHemsby Community Resilience Centre
UK government—£9kInshore & Inland Rescue Boat Grant Fund

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUST2£21k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST2£11k
THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUST2£6k
THE PHILIP J MILTON AND COMPANY PLC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1—
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST1£310k
CHK Foundation1£175k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST1£165k
THE LATE GWYNETH MON WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST1£155k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMBLE LIFEBOAT LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HEMSBY INSHORE RESCUE SERVICE£150k—0above—no doubt
HAMBLE LIFEBOAT LIMITED FY2024£126k—0below—no doubt
PETT LEVEL INDEPENDENT RESCUE BOAT ASSN. FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
SIDMOUTH LIFEBOAT FY2025£638k—0above10.0%no doubt
The Disabled Sailors Association FY2025£775k—0unclear—no doubt
SAVE ONE LIFE FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt

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