# THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 209603
- **Other names:** ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, LIFEBOATS, RNLI
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Company number:** [RC000503](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/RC000503)
- **Registered:** March 27, 1963
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=209603


## Contact

- **Address:** RNLI, West Quay Road, Poole
- **Postcode:** BH15 1HZ
- **Phone:** 0300 300 9990
- **Email:** company_secretary@rnli.org.uk
- **Website:** www.rnli.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 3. THE OBJECT OF THE INSTITUTION (&quot;THE OBJECT&quot;) SHALL BE TO SAVE LIVES AT SEA AND ON INLAND AND FLOOD WATERS. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECT, THE POWERS OF THE INSTITUTION SHALL WITHOUT LIMITATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:3.1 TO PROMOTE SAFETY AND PROVIDE RELIEF FROM DISASTER AT SEA AND ON INLAND AND FLOOD WATERS;3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO SAFETY AT SEA AND ON INLAND AND FLOOD WATERS AND IN THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE INSTITUTION;3.3 TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF RESCUE SERVICES AT SEA AND ON INLAND AND FLOOD WATERS; AND3.4 TO RELIEVE AND ASSIST THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SAVING LIVES AT SEA AND ON INLAND AND FLOOD WATERS IN ANY CAPACITY AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH RELIEF OR ASSISTANCE BY REASON OF POVERTY, DISABILITY, INFIRMITY OR OTHERWISE, AND THE DEPENDENTS.

**Activities:** To save lives, promote safety and rescue service efficiency, and provide relief from disaster at sea and on inland and flood waters; to advance the education of the public in matters relating to sea, inland and flood water safety, and in the history and heritage of the Institution; to relieve/assist those who have been involved in saving lives at sea and on inland and flood waters in any capacity.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN AND AROUND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, THE ISLE OF MAN, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.
- Bangladesh
- Guernsey
- Ireland
- Isle Of Man
- Jersey
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Tanzania
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Janet Legrand** | Chair | Jan. 26, 2023 |
| Denis Woulfe OBE |  | July 17, 2019 |
| Dr John James Killeen |  | Nov. 5, 2020 |
| Dr Philip Goodwin |  | July 19, 2018 |
| Fiona Catherine Fell |  | Nov. 5, 2020 |
| Jamshaid Islam |  | July 22, 2022 |
| Mark Gregory Wordsworth |  | April 15, 2021 |
| Mike Sturrock |  | Nov. 16, 2016 |
| Paddy McLaughlin |  | Nov. 5, 2020 |



## Linked charities

- JAMES NEILSON PATERSON (209603-1)
- MRS HELEN BLAKE (209603-10)
- JAMES MICHAEL BOWER GIFT (209603-11)
- MRS NELLIE EVA CARLISLE (209603-12)
- WILLIAM DUNNETT (209603-13)
- JAMES GOWLAND (209603-14)
- MRS ALICE GOTTWALD (209603-15)
- SIR CECIL A COCHRANE MEMORIAL FUND (209603-16)
- GIFT OF MRS N WALSHAW (209603-17)
- RALPH GLISTER AWARD (209603-18)
- LOUIS GEORGE ANDERSON DUNN (209603-19)
- REARDON SAMARITAN FUND (209603-2)
- MRS SADIE HUGHES (209603-20)
- WILLIAM STEPHEN MELLIS (209603-21)
- HENRY THOMAS RICHARDSON (209603-22)
- GORLESTON LIFEBOAT FUND (209603-23)
- CHARITY CONSISTING OF THE PROCEEDS OF SALE OF THE ELIZABETH SIMPSON LIFEBOAT (209603-24)
- GORLESTON VOLUNTEER LIFEBOAT ASSOCIATION (209603-25)
- ELIZABETH SIMPSON LIFE BOAT FUND (209603-26)
- MR AND MRS W J HEDDLE KIRKWELL BEQUEST (209603-27)
- GEORGE WEBSTR (209603-28)
- LIFE-BOATMEN&#x27;S BENEVOLENT FUND (209603-29)
- JOHN JONES ROWLAND (209603-3)
- EDWIN KAY (209603-30)
- ARTHUR VESSEY MACHIN (209603-31)
- WILLIAM JAMES AND HANNAH MATLEY (209603-32)
- LANGSTRETH CULLIFORD TRUST (209603-33)
- LINCOLNSHIRE COAST SHIPWRECK ASSOCIATION (209603-34)
- WHITBY AND UPGANG LIFEBOAT FUND (209603-35)
- MISS MAUD SMITH&#x27;S REWARD (209603-36)
- EDITH HARRIET MARY WALKE (209603-37)
- J W WEST FUND (209603-38)
- SALCOMBE LIFE-BOAT DISASTER RELIEF FUND (209603-39)
- JOHN WILLIAM ARCHER (209603-4)
- MISS ANNIE GERTRUDE SHAYLER (209603-40)
- JAMES HODGKINSON WAINWRIGHT (209603-41)
- THE GEORGE NICHOL CHARITY FOR THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION (209603-42)
- RNLI HERITAGE TRUST (209603-43)
- RNLI HERITAGE COLLECTION TRUST 2012 (209603-44)
- BARTLETT, BOUSTRED, HOOPER AND THORNTON FUND (209603-5)
- CHARLES CARR ASHLEY (209603-6)
- ISABELLA IRWIN (209603-7)
- MISS A CHARLTON ROWSE GIFT (209603-8)
- MRS ANNA S STOCK (STOCK MEMORIAL FUND) (209603-9)



