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Registered charity · Worcester

The Royal Life Saving Society

The Royal Life Saving Society is a registered charity (number 306094) based in Worcester, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Dr Stephen Beerman since 2019. Latest income £68k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as R L S S (Charity Commission)

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £68k (2024)
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Who leads it

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, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Botswana and more
Website
www.rlsscommonwealth.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£68k£63k
  • 2023£65k£76k
  • 2022£73k£55k
Earlier years
  • 2021£52k£41k
  • 2020£87k£33k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE SAVING OF LIFE AND RESUSCITATION OF THE APPARENTLY DROWNED.

Grants received

1 grant · £484,000 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

Most recent

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.

13 trustees on the board

2.2y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 13Education/training 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13

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

Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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£68k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
306094
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 14 JUL 1924AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 27 JAN 1960AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 24 MAY 2018
Contact on the register
01905 958 444 · commonwealth@rlss.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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