The Royal Life Saving Society - U.k.

Analysis

The Royal Life Saving Society - U.k. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in April 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03033781). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Life Saving Society - U.k. reported income of £6.7m and spending of £6.3m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4.4m to £6.7m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Royal Life Saving Society - U.k. sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thurrock Community Leisure Limited (£6.7m), The Federation of European Biochemical Societies (£6.8m) and The Mental Health Foundation (£6.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 89%, donations and legacies 7.5%, charitable activities 2.1% and investments 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2,914. Charitable activities took 33% of spending and raising funds 66%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2,450. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 62 people.