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Description

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.

Also known as

Civil Service and Post Office Life Boat Fund
Civil Service,post Office and British Telecom Lifeboat Fund
The Communications and Public Service Lifeboat Fund
The Lifeboat Fund

CCEW Charity number

248421

Registered

27 June 1966

Postcode

M2 3AA

Website

thelifeboatfund.org.uk

Domain

dwp.gov.uk

Latest income

£108,332 (on 31 December 2022)

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

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The Communications and Public Service Lifeboat Fund

GB-CHC-248421

Locations

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Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

Manchester

The Communications and Public Service Lifeboat Fund

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Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

Grant-making foundations H10

UK Charity Activity Tags

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Charity and VCS support CV » Fundraising CV102

Theme (CCEW)

General Charitable Purposes 101

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205

Activities (CCEW)

Other Charitable Activities 310

Scale of operation

National

The Communications and Public Service Lifeboat Fund

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Charity financial history

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Year ending	Income (£)	Spending (£)
1966-06-27	Registered as a charity
2004-12-31	115,962	186,296
2005-12-31	185,950	187,252
2006-12-31	182,056	183,408
2007-12-31	134,612	118,812
2008-12-31	154,762	132,551
2009-12-31	217,299	215,373
2010-12-31	163,399	156,487
2011-12-31	164,187	142,754
2012-12-31	162,153	163,245
2013-12-31	185,664	204,817
2014-12-31	185,755	157,121
2015-12-31	164,388	203,493
2016-12-31	547,824	127,166
2017-12-31	105,594	497,999
2018-12-31	669,417	575,003
2019-12-31	87,125	187,333
2020-12-31	70,874	53,000
2021-12-31	72,428	90,706
2022-12-31	108,332	112,477

Income and Spending

Funds and Reserves

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The Communications and Public Service Lifeboat Fund

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Charity people

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	2022 £	2021 £
Employees paid more than £60,000	-	-
Volunteers	15	11
Trustees	18

Employees

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The Communications and Public Service Lifeboat Fund

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Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2022 (the latest year with data available) or 2021.