Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service Limited

Analysis

Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in February 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00993228). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service Limited reported income of £957k and spending of £795k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £957k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coach Core Foundation (£956k), Citizens Advice Reading (£957k) and Anguish's Educational Foundation (£956k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85%, charitable activities 12% and investments 2.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £725k. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.8%.