It cost £190.3M (€224.8M) in 2024 to run our lifesaving service – all funded by our generous supporters.
Our lifesaving costs
How the RNLI is run
We are separate from coastguards, independent from the government and rely on our volunteers and supporters to run our lifesaving service.
The Royal Charter and Byelaws are the RNLI's two key constitutional documents.
Our governing documents
The Executive Team are the RNLI’s senior managers, responsible for the day-to-day running of the RNLI.
Meet our Executive Team
Vice Presidents are appointed by the Trustee Board as a mark of special recognition of service to the RNLI.
Meet our Vice Presidents
Our trustees are a body of volunteers who carry full financial and legal responsibility for everything the RNLI does.
Meet our trustees
As an organisation that employs over 250 people in Great Britain, the RNLI is legally required to publish its gender pay gap figures.
Read the report