Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade A Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee 

## Financial Statements 

## Year Ended 30" June 2025 

|Contents|Pages|
|---|---|
|Report ofTrustees|1|
|Statement of Financial Activities|2 to 3|
|Balance Sheet|4|
|NotestotheFinancialStatements|5to6|



## Address of Registered Office 

The Watch House 

Pier View 

Roker Sunderland SR6 OPR Registered Charity Number 1105980 Company Limited by Guarantee Number 04978640 

Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade A Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee Annual Report of the Trustees 

## Year Ended 30" June 2025 

## The SennTeeeee for theTrusteesyear endedare pleased30th June to present2025 the Independently reviewed financial statements of Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade 

## Appointed Trustees 

Mrs. Rosemary Roberts Mr. John M Hunter Mr. Thomas E Reay Mr. Keith Johnson Mr. Harry Hughes Mrs Elizabeth Herdson Mr Gordon Pratt Cllr David Newey (Appointed 18.09.24) Mrs Carol J Evans (Appt 18.09.24. Resigned 02.02.25) Mr Micheal Lister (Resigned 02.10.24) 

## Statements of Trustees 

- The Charities Act 2006 and the Companies Act of 2006 require the Trustees to keep proper books of account with respect to the affairs of the Charity, and to prepare statements of account for each accounting period consisting of a statement of financial activities and a balance sheet. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the Company /Charity's assets and hence for taking the responsible steps for prevention and detection of error, fraud and other irregularities. 1 Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently, 2 Make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, 3 Follow the recommendations of the Charities Commission, Companies House and the accounting profession with regard to form and content of the accounts or to disclose and explain any departure therefrom: and 

- 4 Prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the Charity / Company will be able to continue to meet the objectives 

## Activities 

The Charitable Company was incorporated on 27"" November 2003 and commenced trading on 1*' December 2004. The activity of Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade is the provision of assistance to H M Coastguard in saving lives by means of coastal search, coastwatch and other such forms of rescue that can be given within the Sunderland sector of H.M.Coastguard and any other area that H.M. Coastguard directs. 

## Financial Outcome 


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|The|income|and|expenditure|is|detailed|as|follows:|-|2025|2024|
|Income|44,490|7,137|
|Expenditure|including|depreciation|16,289|14,452|
|The|surplus|/|(deficit)|is|carried|forward|to|/ from|reserves|for the|future.|28,201|-7,315|

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## Balance Sheet 

At 30 June 2025 the Independently Examined financial state of the Company / Charity was considered satisfactory. 

## Trustees Report. 

This Trustees Report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 

## By order of the Trustees Secretary RRabte ROSEMARY ROBERTS Date: [< (9) A2Zl_ Page 1 

## Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade A Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee Independently Examined Statement of Financial Activities Year Ended 30th June 2025 

|||Unrestricted|Restricted||Total|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||2025|2025|2025|2025|2024|2024|
|INCOMING RESOURCES (Note1)||£|£|£|£|£|£|
|Grants|Barbour Foundation||2,000|2,000||||
||Catherine Cookson Trust||3,000|3,000|5,000|||
|Legacy|Shirley Hudson|30,000||30,000|30,000|||
|GASDS|GASDS|1,226||1,226||1,165||
|GiftAid|GiftAid|507||507|1,733|533|1,698|
|Donations<br>_—_‘General||200||200||80||
||Mrs. R Roberts|120||120||235||
||Mr.<br>R Cogdon|120||120||120||
||Mrs J Majer|800||800||800||
||EasyFundraising|17||17||42||
||Dr McDonald|50||50||100||
||College Music night|184||184||---||
||Landsown Darts Club|50||50||130||
||In memory F Roberts|461||461||---||
||The Oddfellows|---||---||300||
||Crowdfunder|---||---|2,002|5|1,812|
|Boxes|Collection Boxes|570||570||360||
||Watch House Boxes|80||80||132||
||Madasafish|66||66|716|102|594|
|Fundraising|Collections:-|||||||
||Antiques Fair|766||766||550||
||ASDA Washington|951||951||---||
||Tesco Extra|531||531||396||
||Clays Garden Centre|341||341||613||
||Morrisons Seaburn|---||---||708||
||Pubs & Clubs|---||---||462||
||General Fundraising<br>Northern Toy Fair|243<br>200||243<br>200||---|2,333|
||Stadium of Light|1,042||1,042|4,074|||
|Income from|activities generating funds|||||||
|Tea Bar<br>Bank Income|Shop|2||2|2|6|6|
||Bank<br>TotalIncomingResources|963<br>39,490|5,000|963<br>44,490|963<br>44.490|694<br>7,533|694<br>7,137|



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The notes on pages5 to 6 form part of these Independently Examined Financial Statements 

Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade A Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee Independently Examined Statement of Financial Activities Year Ended 30th June 2025 

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||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Restricted|||Total||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|EXPENDITURE (Note 1)<br>Administration<br>Insurances|Funds<br>£<br>1,496<br>2,919||Funds<br>£|2025<br>£<br>1,496<br>2,919||2025<br>£|2024<br>£<br>1,685<br>2,816||2024<br>£|
|Watch House<br>Murel||3,107|2,000|3,107<br>2,000||||2,807<br>---||
|Window Glass||234|270||504|||---||
|Vehicle Running Costs||236|||236|||184||
|Vehicle Insurance||1,732|||1,732|||1,794||
|Rescue Equipment||10|||10|||---||
|Coastwatch||186|||186|||452||
|Protective Clothing||987|||987|||117||
|First Aid||10|||10|||330||
|Training||---|||---|||540||
|Fundraising Expenses||408|||408|||586||
|TeaBar<br>/ Shop||---|||---|||21||
|Museum||20|||20|||20||
|Miscellaneous<br>Depreciation & Write Off:-||206|||206|13,821||25|11,377|
|MotorVehicle|||266||266|||355||
|Rescue Equipment||281|987|1,268|||1,268|||
|Coastwatch Equipment||91|172||263|||263||
|Office Equipment||146|17||163|||163||
|Watch House Fittings||270|77||347|||347||
|WDV ofAssetsW/ Off||151|10||161|2,468||---|3,075|
||12,490||3,799|16,289||16,289|32,578||14,452|
|NetMovementoffunds|27,000||1,201|28,201||28,201|||(7,315)|
|Funds Brought Forward at30.06.24||||||81,749|||89,064|
|FundsCarriedForwardat30.06.25||||||109,950|||81,749|



Page 3 The notes on pages5 to 6 form part of these Independantly Examined Financial Statements 

Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade A Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee Independently Examined Balance Sheet As at 30th June 2025 


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|2025|2025|2024|2024|
|Fixed Assets|(Note|2)|
|Vehicle|799|1,065|
|Equipment|(Rescue|)|3,600|4,868|
|Equipment|(Coastwatch|)|77|1,040|
|Office|Equipment|471|795|
|Watch|House|Fittings|1,025|6,672|1,293|9,061|
|Current|Assets|'|
|Lease|- Advance|Payment|27|28|
|Vehicle|Insurance|-Advance|Payment|1,643|---|
|Fundraising|Stock|43|15|
|Tea|Bar|Stock|39|66|
|Cash|in|hand|12|444|
|Lloyds|Bank|Current Account|5,893|994|
|Lloyds|Bank|Donations|Account|82|14|
|Lloyds|Bank|Savings Account|51,972|27,236|
|Lloyds|Bank|Vehicle|Account|4|974|
|General|Reserve Account|43,563|103,278|42,920|72,688|

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Net Assets 109,950 81,749 Funds Funds Carried forward at 30.06.25 109,950 81.749 (see note 3) For the financial year in question the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 refating to smafi companies. No members have required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006 The Trustees acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records for the preparation of the accounts. 

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small 


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The independently examined financial statements were approved by the Trustees for issue on 18.09.2025 and are<br>signed on their behalf by:-<br>Lae Thomas E Reay<br>Trustee W&fas<br>Trustee / s (XK John M Hunter )<br>Company Numbef 04978640 P<br>The notes on pages 5 to 6 form part of these Independently Examined Financial Statements<br>Page 4<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade A Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee Notes to the Independently Examined Financial Statements Year Ended 30" June 2025 

1) Accounting Policies 1 * These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with: Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Entities (April 2008) and * Accounting and Reporting by Charities - Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005) and 2 The Charities Act 2011 Some elements of income or expenditure for the year related to restricted projects, all such items 3 are identified in the notes as restricted. All other items being of unrestricted nature. All items, restricted and unrestricted, relate to the funds of the Company / Charity. The depreciation of the motor vehicle and rescue equipment etc., owned by the Company / Charity is calculated on a write down basis over the course of their expected lives. Depreciation is 4 othercalculatedassets.at 25% of written down value per annum in respect of the vehicle and 25% in respect Donations The Company / Charity owns memorabilia transferred from Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade Registered Charity 1041849 most of which was donated to that Charity and is not reflected in the accounts. Dr McDonald £50, Mrs J Majer £800, MrR Cogdon £120, Landsdown Darts Club £50, In memory F Roberts, Stadium of Light £1,043 Legacy MS S Dunn £30,000 

## Fundraising Activities 

Other income from various efforts is derived from a substantial number of sources and is the result of efforts made by members and supporters. The Trustees place on record their appreciation to all who have given their time, skills and efforts. 2. Fixed Assets 


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|Motor|Rescue|Coastwatch|Office|WatchHouse|Total|
|Vehicle|Equipment|Equipment|Equipment|_|Fittings|
|£|£|£|£|£|£|
|Brought forward|at|1°‘ July 2024|22,170|21,378|9,436|5,737|8,918|67,639|
|Additions|nono|w-----|n-----|nono|79|79|
|Disposals|------|annn--|nnn---|-1664|w-nn--|(1,664)|
|Cost at 30 June 2025|22,170|21,378|9,436|4,073|8,997|66,054|
|Depreciation|
|At 1 July 2024|21,105|16,510|8,396|4,942|7,625|58,578|
|Charged|for the Year|266|1,268|263|163|347|2,307|
|Disposals|------|------|------|-1503|------|(1,503)|
|At 30" June 2025|21,371|17,778|8.659|3,602|7,972|59,382|
|Net|Book|Value|
|At 30th June 2025|799|3,600|777|471|1,025|6,672|
|At 30th June 2024|1,065|4,868|1,040|795|1,293|9,061|

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## Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade A Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee 

## Notes to the Independently Examined Financial Statements (continued) 

Year Ended 30th June 2025 

## eee 

## 3) Restricted Funds 

||Restricted|General|Unrestricte|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Reserve|Funds|Funds|
|||Fund|||
|Funds Brought Forward at 30th June 2024|1,300|40,000|40,449|81,749|
|Net movement offunds yearto 30th June 2025|1,201|0|27,000|28,201|
|Fundscarriedforwardat30thJune2025|2,501|40,000|67,449|109,950|



## 4) Company Limited by Guarantee 

The Company is limited by Guarantee in that every member undertakes to contribute such amounts as may be required in event of the Company being wound-up, for payments of debts, liabilities and the cost of winding up not exceeding £1 per member. 

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The Trustees Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade The Watch House Pier View Roker Sunderland SR6 OPR 

25 March 2026 

Dear Trustees 

## Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 

I have completed a review of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 and I have found them to present a true and fair view of the operations of the Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade for the year ended 30 June 2025. 

## Yours sincerely, 

Caroline Dodds BA (Hons) F.C.A Director 

Little Court, Vicarage Hill, Tanworth-in-Arden, Solihull B94 5EB M: 07514 099 168