THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY

Charity number: 306094
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Royal Life Saving Society is the Commonwealth's largest drowning prevention and water safety awareness organisation carrying out it's activities via education, lifesaving, lifeguard,first aid and resuscitation training.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £64,844
Total expenditure: £75,694

People

13 Trustee(s)

2 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Australia
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Botswana
  • Brunei
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cyprus
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Jamaica
  • Jersey
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Malaysia
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Northern Ireland
  • Pakistan
  • Scotland
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • St Lucia
  • Tanzania
  • Trinidad And Tobago
  • Uganda

Governance

Registration history:
  • 17 June 1964: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • R L S S (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

13 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
CLIVE HOLLAND Chair 09 December 2013
None on record
Cheow Mei Geh Trustee 14 May 2024
None on record
Evelyn-Marie Day Trustee 14 May 2024
None on record
BRYAN FINLAY Trustee 14 May 2024
THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY - U.K.
Received: On time
Hellen Nkatha Muthomi Trustee 14 May 2024
None on record
Jonathan Bruce Trustee 14 May 2024
None on record
Alexandra Ash Trustee 14 May 2024
None on record
Dr Stephen Beerman Trustee 10 October 2019
None on record
Sanath Wijayaratne Trustee 15 May 2018
None on record
John McFarlane Trustee 15 May 2018
None on record
Robert Clark Trustee 15 May 2018
None on record
William Clive Patrickson Trustee 26 June 2014
None on record
DYLAN TOMMY Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £72.81k £87.09k £52.23k £73.34k £64.84k
Total expenditure £64.82k £32.54k £40.97k £54.51k £75.69k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 10 July 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 10 July 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 23 August 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 23 August 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 29 June 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 29 June 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 05 July 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 05 July 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 05 August 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 05 August 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 14 JUL 1924 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 27 JAN 1960 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 24 MAY 2018

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE SAVING OF LIFE AND RESUSCITATION OF THE APPARENTLY DROWNED.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

Contact information

Address:
Royal Life Savings Society
Redhill House
227 London Road
WORCESTER
WR5 2JG
Phone:
01789774229
Email:
commonwealth@rlss.org.uk
Website:

htpp://www.rlsscommonwealth.com