Saving of lives Charities
Discover 454 Saving of lives charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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Mothers' Union Southwell & Nottingham Diocese
Economic and community development, Saving of lives, Social welfare101 General Charitable purposes,102 education/Training,105 relief of poverty,106 Overseas aid famine relief, religious activities
Leicester And Leicestershire Historic Churches Preservation Trust
Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Saving of livesRaises money and gives grants for the preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction of churches in the United Kingdom and of monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass, furniture, ornaments and chattels in such churches, and of the churchyard belonging to such churches.
Berkshire Historic Churches Trust
Facilities, Religion, Saving of livesTo apply the income and capital of theTrust, at the discretion of the Trustees, for the "preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction" of Churches of specified denominations in "Berkshire or in any Parish adjacent thereto, and of monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass and chattels in any sych Church or Churchyard belonging to such Churches"
Rotary Club Of Loddon Vale Trust Fund
Associations, Economic and community development, Saving of livesGeneral Charitable Purposes, Education/Training, Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Wallingford Christian Assembly
Saving of livesGeneral Charitable PurposesRelief of PovertyOverseas aid/Famine reliefReligious activities
The Communications And Public Service Lifeboat Fund
Charity and VCS support, Saving of livesThe 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.
Somerset Accident Voluntary Emergency Service (saves)
Health, Saving of livesVOLUNTARY PROVISION OF IMMEDIATE PREHOSPITAL MEDICAL CARE WORKING IN SUPPORT OF South West Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Mothers' Union (diocese Of Exeter Branch)
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Crime and Justice, Saving of lives, Social welfareOverseas: raising funds for development projects and emergency aid.In Devon, arranging holidays for disadvantaged families; providing toys for prisoner's children visiting prisons; knitting goods for the elderly and for still-born babies; providing goods for womens' refuges and prisoners, supporting rufugees. Supporting actions against gender based violence and modern day slavery.
Porthtowan Surf Life Saving Club
Leisure, Saving of livesPorthtowan Surf Life Saving Club operates on the north Cornish coast and exists to promote beach safety, train our members to be surf lifeguards, enable participation in surf life saving sport and act as stewards for our beach.
Rest Bay Lifeguard Club
Charity and VCS support, Saving of livesOur main aim is to provide users of Rest Bay beach with the best possible lifeguard service. Training and educating members and the public in beach and water safety. We provide volunteer patrols of Rest Bay beach and train members (age 7 up) in lifesaving skills in order to gain lifesaving awards. Members are also given opportunities to participate in surf lifesaving competitions.
The West Yorkshire Police Benevolent And Loans Fund
Saving of lives, Social welfareTo relieve those in necessitious circumstances among serving or former members of the Force
Rotary Club Of Launceston Trust Fund
Associations, Saving of livesTo support Rotary official charities. To react quickly and collect monies for international disasters relief funds. To collect monies and help local communities groups and individual people.
Nottinghamshire Constabulary Benevolent Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Saving of lives, Social welfareTo enable the fund to carry out its purpose namely A) To assist by monetary grants such members of the fund and their widows, children and dependants as may be in necessitous or impoverished circumstances. B) To make grants to police charities and subscriptions to such other charities as the trustees may decide.
Arcaid
Saving of lives, Social welfareArcaid is established for the relief of persons anywhere in the world outside the United Kingdom who are suffering any form of hardship or privation as a result of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or war, oppression or other human activity, or who by reason of their social or economic conditions are in need of such assistance.
Huddersfield Canal Society Limited
Heritage, Saving of livesThe Charity was set up to oversee the restoration and reconstruction of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and Broad Canal for the use of the public. The Charity now exists to promote preserve maintain and improve the canal.
Soroptimist International Great Britain And Ireland - Emergency Relief Fund
Saving of livesTo grant aid for the relief of acute suffering caused by disasters worldwide.
North East Chinese Association
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Saving of lives-Culture training & events - Teach Mandarin, interpretation services for authorities such as police, MSPCC, Age Concern - help to promote community & Chinatown. - Provide advocacy/ advice/ information to those whose english is not their first language/ elderly/ old people children/ young people.
The South Wales Police Benevolent Fund
Saving of lives, Social welfareTo provide relief in cases of financial need to those members who are sick, convalescent, disabled or infirm.
R B R B Association
Saving of livesInshore lifeboat providing a rescue service both at sea and along the shoreline in the vicinity of Runswick Bay. Also providing training and safety awareness to crew members.
The Friends Of St Cassian's Chaddesley Corbett
Associations, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Religion, Saving of livesTo raise funds for the repair maintenance improvement presentation beautification and reconstruction of St.Cassian's Church and the churchyard contents and furnishing of the Church
Hereford Police Male Choir
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Saving of livesFund raising concerts
Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust
Charitable activities, Saving of livesThe preservation repair maintenance improvement upkeep and reconstruction of Churches in the County of Cambridge and or monuments fittings fixtures stained glass furniture ornamments and chattels in such Churches. The Trust's predominant activity is the award of loans and grants to churches to assist with the cost of works falling within the foregoing description.
Drayton Grange Community Association
Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Health, Leisure, Religion, Saving of livesDrayton Grange Community Association is the business name for the management committee that manages Nene Hall.The aim of DGCA is to provide premises at a hire rate that is affordable and attractive to all users, while maintaining and improving the facilty. Regular users:- Nursery; Ballet; Ukulele; Church; St John Ambulance; Romanian classes; Action for Children. SEN Keep-fit
Metropolitan Police Staff Welfare Fund
Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfareThe charity provides financial assistance to serving and former members of the Metropolitan Police Staff and Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime and their families or dependants who are in need as a result of poverty, sickness, hardship or distress.
High Ongar Village Hall
Arts, Facilities, Health, Saving of livesMONDAY - MORNING AVAIL. TIL 16:00 PM/6 WKS PARISH COUNCILTUESDAY - DANCE CLASS -BINGO. CRAFT CLUBWEDNESDAY - WEIGHT WATCHERS - AM & PM. POLICE SURGERY MID-MORNING - DANCE CLASSTHURSDAY - AM-TUMBLETOTS. PM - AVAILABLEFRIDAY - VARIOUS AD HOC. EARLY AFTERNOON - CRAFT CLUBSATURDAY - MORNING DANCE CLASS. EVENING - AVAIL.SUNDAY - AVAIL.
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.