The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Barb

Registered charity 1031263 Registered since 1994

Operates: Somerset

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

4.6y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
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incomespending£75k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.barb.org.uk
Emailmark@burnham-on-sea.com
Phone01278792204
AddressMARINE RESCUE CENTRE, THE ESPLANADE, BURNHAM-ON-SEA, SOMERSET, TA8 1BB

Finances

£75,106 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£23,526£76,648
2022£37,371£65,908
2023£608,682£82,541
2024£1,658,222£111,927
2025£75,106£152,846

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human Resources

Charitable objects

BARB IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAVING AND PROTECTING THE LIVES OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION AND OPERATION OF A HOVERCRAFT AND AN INLAND LIFEBOAT IN THE BRIDGWATER BAY AREA OF BURNHAM

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28 DECEMBER 1993, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 19/11/2004

Trustees (10)

10trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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