RLSS Poole Lifeguard

Analysis

RLSS Poole Lifeguard is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, RLSS Poole Lifeguard reported income of £18k and spending of £18k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,760 to £18k (+286%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 226%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, RLSS Poole Lifeguard sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rotary Club of Billericay Benevolent Fund (£18k), British-Serbian Benevolent Trust (£18k) and Rotary Club of Wickford (£18k).