# THE COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SERVICE LIFEBOAT FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 248421
- **Other names:** CIVIL SERVICE AND POST OFFICE LIFE BOAT FUND, CIVIL SERVICE,POST OFFICE AND BRITISH TELECOM LIFEBOAT FUND, Civil Service Lifeboat Fund, THE LIFEBOAT FUND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 27, 1966
- **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=248421


## Contact

- **Address:** Honorary Secretary, Civil Service Lifeboat Fund, DWP, 2 St Peters Square, Manchester
- **Postcode:** M2 3AA
- **Phone:** 0300 038 9303
- **Email:** lifeboat.fund@dwp.gov.uk
- **Website:** www.thelifeboatfund.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE FUND SHALL BE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF LIFE AT SEA BY RAISING MONEY TO FURTHER THE WORK OF THE RNLI BY PROVIDING FROM TIME TO TIME THE COST, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OF REPLACEMENT OF CISPOTEL BOATS AND/OR ADDITIONAL LIFEBOATS AT OTHER STATIONS; AND IN ANY OTHER RELATED MANNER THAT MAY BE AGREED BETWEEN CISPOTEL AND THE RNLI.

**Activities:** The Lifeboat Fund (formerly called CISPOTEL) is an official charity of the Civil Service and receives donations from Royal Mail and BT staff.  The Fund raises money for the RNLI to provide new lifeboats and to train and equip crews.  Since it was founded in 1866, The Lifeboat Fund has provided 54 lifeboats, saving over 4,700 lives and has helped refurbish a lifeboat station on the River Thames.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £39581 | £10538 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £48157 | £67691 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £108332 | £112477 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £72428 | £90706 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £70874 | £53000 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **John-Paul Marks CB** (Chair) — appointed July 11, 2025
- Andrew Theodore Goodman — appointed July 11, 2025
- Angela Mary Saunders — appointed Sept. 1, 2010
- Christopher Lamb BEM — appointed June 20, 2022
- Colin Billingsley MBE — appointed July 11, 2025
- Corin Jean Stella Robertson — appointed May 23, 2022
- FRANCES KILNER MBE — appointed June 12, 2012
- James Tristan Wyndham Dunstan — appointed May 11, 2023
- Jonathan Smith — appointed May 11, 2023
- Matthew Derek Briggs — appointed May 11, 2023
- Michael David Robinson — appointed Aug. 5, 2015
- Michael Joseph Paul Lawler — appointed Feb. 28, 2023
- Nicholas John Riddle — appointed May 11, 2023
- Peter Jamieson — appointed May 11, 2023
- Toni Court — appointed May 11, 2023