Hope Cove Life Boat

Analysis

Hope Cove Life Boat is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in January 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07456004). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hope Cove Life Boat reported income of £76k and spending of £89k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £60k to £76k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hope Cove Life Boat sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Guild of Health and St Raphael (£76k), The Britten Foundation (£76k) and Manchester Congolese Organisation Ltd (£76k).