Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade

Analysis

Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in September 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04978640). It says it provides human resources, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade reported income of £44k and spending of £16k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £18k to £44k (+143%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 523%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stourton Village Hall (£44k), Belmont Parish Hall Association (£44k) and St Michael and All Angels (Beaconsfield) Charitable Trust (£44k).