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Registered charity · South Shields

South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £60k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£60k£24k
  • 2023£24k£15k
  • 2022£17k£24k
Earlier years
  • 2021£43k£29k
  • 2020£30k£22k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1.TO ASSIST HM COASTGUARD AND OTHER MARINE RESCUE ORGANISATIONS IN SAVING LIFE IN CASES OF SHIPWRECK. 2.THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE BRIGADE'S HEADQUARTERES WATCH HOUSE,AS A GRADE 2 LISTED BUILDING AND THE PRESERVATION CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRIGADES HISTORIC ARTIFACTS AND MUSEUM FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY.

Grants received

8 grants · £141,970 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £71,900 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £47,570 (4 grants)
  • Postcode Community Trust · £15,000
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £7,500

Most recent

  • Postcode Community Trust £15,0002024-06-30
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £18,1102024-04-04
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,6202021-09-10
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £7,5002021-03-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8402018-05-31
Board analysis

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.

2y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
0.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 6General Charitable Purposes 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£60k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1052343
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES ADOPTED 1866 AS AMENDED 27 NOVEMBER 1995 AND 15 JANUARY 1996
Contact on the register
01914556342
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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