Sidmouth Lifeboat

Analysis

Sidmouth Lifeboat is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sidmouth. It was registered in September 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05218116). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sidmouth Lifeboat reported income of £638k and spending of £297k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £497k to £638k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sidmouth Lifeboat sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund (£638k), Mhist (Mental Health Independent Support Team) (£638k) and British Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (£638k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90%, investments 6.5% and trading 3.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £499k. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 9.4%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 49 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.