British Divers Marine Life Rescue

Analysis

British Divers Marine Life Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in May 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and animals, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02467689). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, British Divers Marine Life Rescue reported income of £446k and spending of £510k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £348k to £446k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British Divers Marine Life Rescue sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Listening Post Counselling Service Limited (£446k), Rhayader and District Community Support Limited (£446k) and The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Charity (£445k).