SANDOWN & SHANKLIN INDEPENDENT LIFEBOAT

Registered charity 299584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SANDOWN AND SHANKLIN INSHORE LIFEBOAT, SOUTH WIGHT INSHORE RESCUE

Provide lifeboat service.

Objects

TO PRESERVE AND SAVE LIFE AT SEA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY: (A) THE PROMOTION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN LIFE SAVING AND TO PROVIDE SUITABLE TRAINING OF PERSONNEL. (B) THE PROVISION OF VOLUNTEER LIFE-SAVING SERVICES TO THE BEACHES AND COASTLINE IN THE AREA FROM BEMBRIDGE WEST TO ST. CATHRINE POINT, AND TO ENSURE THAT THIS SERVICE IS EFFICIENT AD DEPENDABLE IN EVERY WAY.

Area of benefit: AREA FROM BEMGRIDGE WEST TO ST. CATHRINE POINT

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash reserves of £313,945 as of 31 October 2024, held in interest-bearing savings and running accounts. The charity received total income of approximately £39,779 from donations, collection boxes, and lotto, while fundraising costs were £4,370. No specific reserves policy target is stated, and the document does not disclose any material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Edward Bartlett
• Mark Birch
• Neil Styles
• Richard Thomas Burns

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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