# THE COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SERVICE LIFEBOAT FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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&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=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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

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




