FRESHWATER LIFEBOAT

Registered charity 293657 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRESHWATER INSHORE RESCUE

Voluntary Independent Lifeboat service

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN LIFESAVING AND RESUSCITATION OF THE APPARENTLY DROWNED, AND TO PROVIDE SUITABLE TRANING OF PERSONNEL. (B) TO PROVIDE VOLUNTEER LIFE SAVING SERVICES TO THE BEACHES AND COASTLINE IN THE FRESHWATER AREA, AND TO ENSURE THAT THIS SERVICE IS EFFICIENT AND DEPENDABLE IN EVERY WAY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £125,445 from £236,042 in the prior year, resulting in a net movement in funds of £10,119. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £695,389 and restricted funds of £300,000, with trustees considering the finances to be sound and adequate for future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barry Saleschair
• Andrew Dye
• MARTIN GOULD
• Ronan McCann

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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