Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat

Analysis

Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Isle Of Wight. It was registered in July 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat reported income of £87k and spending of £36k, leaving 59% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £40k to £87k (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cordatius Trust (£87k), The Nancy Kenyon Charitable Trust (£87k) and The Minekte Foundation (£87k).