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Saving of lives Charities

Discover 454 Saving of lives charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

454
Charities
£2,565,160,009
Total Income
£5,150,924
Avg Income
75.0%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

The Living Waters Trust

Education, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The objectives of the trust are (1) To advance the Christian faith. (2) To give help to those who suffer as a result of their faith. (3) To bring help to the disadvantaged, particularly overseas, by supporting schools and community projects and by helping with disaster relief.

Latest Income: £128,448
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Queens Park Bangladesh Association

Economic and community development, Education, Saving of lives

General Charitable PurposesEducation/TrainingMedical/Health/SicknessDisabilityRelief of PovertyOverseas aid/Famine reliefReligious activitiesArts/cultureSport/recreationEnvironment/Conservation/HeritageEconomic/Community development/Employment

Latest Income: £126,559
Areas of Operation: Brent
Status: Registered
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Hamble Lifeboat Limited

Saving of lives

Lifeboat rescue services, to assist people in trouble on or in the water. Inshore rescue of Hamble River and Southampton water.Independent Charity from the RNLI. Charity Registration No 265661

Latest Income: £126,000
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Hussaini Islamic Mission

Beneficiary group, Religion, Saving of lives

1. Cater for religious and social needs of our community. 2. Provide religious education for children and adults. 3. Help the needy and provide and collect the funds for disasters in the world.

Latest Income: £125,794
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Earley Charitable Trust

Saving of lives

General Charitable PurposesRelief of PovertyOverseas aid/Famine reliefReligious activities

Latest Income: £122,320
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Peter Cowley Africa Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Assisting Kenyan youth and other Kenyans in the promotion of education, relief of hardship, suffering and disease and the advancement of the Christian religion. Giving grants through our 3 trust partners and directly to 2 schools in Kenya to fund water, agriculture, adult education, school building and health improvement projects as well as drought and famine relief..

Latest Income: £120,444
Areas of Operation: Kenya
Status: Registered
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The Thames Valley Police Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Professions, Saving of lives, Social welfare

To provide assistance to police officers who are either serving or retired members of the Thames Valley Police Benevolent Fund, their widows, widowers and dependants, who are regarded as being in necessitous circumstances. The charity therefore provides public benefit to those persons.

Latest Income: £116,121
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Mundesley Volunteer Inshore Lifeboat Limited

Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

Provision of an Inshore Lifeboat and water rescue team located in Mundesley - North Norfolk.The Service will be a Declared Facility with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Latest Income: £112,482
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team

Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Health, Saving of lives

We are a group of 45 unpaid volunteers who provide search and rescue services to people and animals who find themselves in difficulty, mainly in the countryside. We are available all day every day, whatever the weather. An Operational Support Group aid the Search and Rescue members. We depend on donations and fundraising. We assist both the Police and the Ambulance Service and other services.

Latest Income: £107,756
Areas of Operation: Middlesbrough
Status: Registered
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Gatwick Travel-Care

Charity and VCS support, Health, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Gatwick TravelCare assists over 2000 passengers a year with travel related problems. These cover a wide range of issues including financial difficulties, missed flights, passport irregularities and mental health. The team of staff and volunteers also works with airlines, handling agents, consulates, embassies, social services and the police to provide passengers with the best possible service.

Latest Income: £103,630
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Perranporth Surf Life Saving Club

Saving of lives

To train and educate all members of our community Surf Life Savinf skills and support our RNLI Lifeguards with voluntary patrols and future lifeguards.

Latest Income: £102,014
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Sussex Centre For Clinical Neurosciences (previously Known As The League Of Friends Of Hurstwood Park Hospital)

Associations, Health, Saving of lives

Our primary function is the purchase of essential life saving equipment for the neurosurgeons at Hurstwood Park Hospital, Haywards Heath.

Latest Income: £101,553
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Cornerstone Christian Fellowship (winlaton)

Charitable activities, Health, Housing, Leisure, Religion, Saving of lives, Social care, Social welfare

Activities to relieve suffering, distress & poverty via ourselves & other outlets. Help to RBC Ministries/Gt. Nth. Air Ambulance/Unicef/Barnabus Fund & Various other Charities plus Disaster requests.Human resources & Church space (disability ok!) available to community for advocacy, advice & leisure. Church Services:- general, weekly Am; 1st Pm monthly at nearby sheltered housing complex.

Latest Income: £96,501
Areas of Operation: Gateshead
Status: Registered
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Portreath Surf Life Saving Club

Leisure, Saving of lives

Coaching in Surf Lifesaving skills to gain qualifications for Surf Lifesaving Sport and lifeguarding to aid prevention of loss of life on Portreath Beach.

Latest Income: £96,047
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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The Royal Military Police Museum Trust

Heritage, Saving of lives

To uphold and promote the traditions of the nation's Royal Military Police and its antcedents; enable visitors to explore the Museum's heritage collection for learning, research and their enjoyment; and to preserve the Museum's collection, its artefacts and archives.

Latest Income: £95,398
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Saints And Sinners Trust Limited

Saving of lives

The charity distributes grants primarily to charitable institutions, trusts and undertakings established for charitable purposes, and thus seeks to enable other charitable organisations to achieve their objectives.It also, in association with the Crime Journalists Association, awards a prize annually for the most significant contribution to co-operation between the Media and the Police.

Latest Income: £95,339
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Leatherhead Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The support of local and Rotary charities. These may involve young,disadvantaged or elderly people. Some may be for projects overseas especially areas of special need following natural disasters.

Latest Income: £87,667
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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St Agnes Surf Life Saving Club

Leisure, Saving of lives

To protect against loss of life at sea through education, training and action.To represent and promote the sports of surf lifesaving and surfing in St Agnes.To encourage the safe enjoyment of the coastal enviroment.

Latest Income: £87,544
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Croft Village Hall

Arts, Childcare, Education, Facilities, Leisure, Saving of lives

Croft Village Hall serves the local community and surrounding areas by providing facilities for many user groups. These comprise, pre school. indoor bowls, keep fit. ballet classes, bridge, mother and baby groups, childrens' acting classes, Police community meetings, Parish council meetings. The halls are used for private functions such as parties, dances, wedding receptions, funeral wakes etc.

Latest Income: £84,576
Areas of Operation: Warrington
Status: Registered
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Teesdale And Weardale Search And Mountain Rescue Team

Economic and community development, Saving of lives

TWSMRT operates 24 hours per day, 365 days a year. We provide a mountain, search and rescue service for the whole of County Durham, from the high fells in the west to the coastal communities of the North Sea. The Team responds to requests by the Police to a range of incident types, from injured or lost people in the hills to vulnerable missing people in urban settings.

Latest Income: £83,707
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Dr Prem Nath Berry Educational Trust

Charitable activities, Education, Health, Professions, Saving of lives

1. To advance public education and training in the field of medicine by supporting medical professionals through training, workshops, seminars and personal engagement. 2. Provision of scholarships to help doctors, nurses and paramedics from all parts of India to come to the United Kingdom for training/attachment.

Latest Income: £83,274
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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The Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team

Health, Saving of lives

The team provides search & rescue facilities for use by police/ambulance services, mainly in West Yorkshire, but throughout England/Wales. The team also provides training and gives talks/visits to various interested groups, about mountain rescue.

Latest Income: £82,039
Areas of Operation: City Of Wakefield
Status: Registered
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Rowan Bentall Charitable Trust ( R11 )

Beneficiary group, Saving of lives

The trustees support charities in Southern England, assisting medical, churches, children, elderly, special needs, education, environmental, national disasters and animal welfare.

Latest Income: £81,879
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team

Crime and Justice, Saving of lives

To provide efficient search and rescue services, primarily but not exclusively on mountains and fells, for the benefit of any person or persons in need of such services and also promote public safety in this subject by whatever charitable means the Executive Committee think fit.

Latest Income: £81,652
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Congleton - Trust Fund

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

Rotary is a social and philanthropic organisation operating internationally. Local branches such as Congleton meet regularly socially and also organize various events locally to raise money for various charities. Funds raised are distributed to mainly local charities (approx 70%) & some national and international in response to foreign disaster appeals.

Latest Income: £81,461
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many saving of lives charities are there in the UK?

There are 454 registered saving of lives charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the saving of lives charities by income?

British Heart Foundation is the largest by latest reported annual income (£410.6m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of saving of lives charities?

Saving of lives charities reported a combined annual income of £2.6bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for saving of lives charities?

Across all saving of lives charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 75.0%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of saving of lives charities?

Saving of lives charities have an average annual income of £5.2m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.