HOW WE SPEND DONATIONS
It costs us over £140M each year to run our lifesaving service and, in 2012, we also spent over £35M on capital items such as lifeboats and lifeboat stations.

2012 FINANCIAL SUMMARY

• Our financial performance in 2012 was encouraging, despite the gloomy and uncertain economic climate.

• Our free reserves are funds available to run the RNLI in case of a short-term setback. They are at 11 months (£102.5M).

• Our continuous improvement programme has reduced our annual running costs by £7M since 2009 – despite a large amount of additional activity.

• We still need to raise similar levels of income every single year, if we are to make our plans a reality – plans that will secure our lifesaving future.

Income: £166.5M
Legacies £101.4M
Fundraised income £51.9M
Net investment income £2.8M
Net merchandising and other trading £6.2M
Lifeguarding and other income £4.2M
Revenue expenditure: £140.7M
Lifeboat service £33.2M
Lifeboat property and equipment £62.2M
Fundraising and legacies £24.0M
Lifeguard rescue £14.5M
Safety, education and awareness £5.7M
International and flood rescue £0.6M
Governance £0.5M
Lifeboat stations £13.8M
Lifeboats and launching equipment £15.6M
Other equipment/property £6.1M

(Capital expenditure means payments made for any assets of an enduring nature costing over £10,000 each.)