Freshwater Lifeboat

Analysis

Freshwater Lifeboat is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Freshwater. It was registered in February 1986, 40 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 September 2025, Freshwater Lifeboat reported income of £125k and spending of £115k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £130k to £125k (-3.5%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Freshwater Lifeboat sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Voice of Domestic Workers (£125k), NRT (£125k) and Kingfishers Swimming Club (£125k).