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Registered charity · Lancashire

Southport Offshore Rescue Trust

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £714k (2025)
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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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Sefton, Lancashire
Website
www.southport-lifeboat.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Southport Offshore Rescue Trust
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£714k£314k
  • 2024£601k£241k
  • 2023£394k£171k
Earlier years
  • 2022£403k£279k
  • 2021£428k£163k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE PRESERVATION AND SAVING OF LIFE AT SEA AND TO EQUIP MAINTAIN AND OPERATE AN OFFSHORE RESCUE SERVICE AT SOUTHPORT.TO CARRY OUT BEACH, MUD AND MARSHLAND SEARCHES AND RESCUES AT SOUTHPORT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BETWEEN THE RIVERS MERSEY AND RIBBLE AND TO ASSIST IN IMPROVING THE STANDARDS OF COASTLINE SAFETY THERE.

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.

11 trustees on the board

10.7y median 14y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 10Business services 2Finance 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£714k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

0
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1146805
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07 MAR 2012
Companies House
Company number 08011925 · Active
Contact on the register
01772812163 · info@southport-lifeboat.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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