# TYNEMOUTH VOLUNTEER LIFE BRIGADE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1093237
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 31, 2002
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1093237


## Contact

- **Address:** 93 West Dene Drive, NORTH SHIELDS
- **Postcode:** NE30 2SZ
- **Phone:** 07745290053
- **Email:** secretary@tvlb.org
- **Website:** www.tvlb.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) To save life and aid persons and vessels in distress on the coast and elsewhere by any means necessary including, but not limited to, the provision of a declared facility to Her Majesty's Coastguard.(2) To conserve and develop the Watch House, associated properties and artefacts and to record, maintain and disseminate information on the history of the Brigade for the benefit and education of the community.(3) To promote coastal & water safety and to educate children and other persons of the dangers inherent to the coast, rivers and inland bodies of water in order to safeguard the community.

**Activities:** Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade is a voluntary shore based coastal rescue team. We specialise in Rope Rescue, Water Rescue & Coastal Search and Rescue. Operating from the Watch House Museum in Tynemouth, we need to raise at least £30,000 each year to maintain our rescue team, free-to-visit museum and to provide our water safety educational offering.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Durham
- Gateshead
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £93768 | £114301 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £111550 | £91542 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £119167 | £91832 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £62977 | £64886 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £56862 | £31691 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JOHN DAVID WRIGHT** (Chair)
- Alan Graham — appointed May 16, 2013
- DAVID BELL
- David Graham — appointed May 16, 2013
- David James Steven — appointed Feb. 6, 2023
- Dr Rebecca Day — appointed March 6, 2023
- Heather Peacock Mrs — appointed May 16, 2024
- Jonathan Peters — appointed May 16, 2013
- NORMAN PETERS
- PETER LILLEY
- Sebastian Littlewood — appointed May 19, 2016