It cost £163.5M in 2018 to run our lifesaving service – all funded by our generous supporters.
Our lifesaving costs
How the RNLI is run
We are separate from the Coastguard, independent of 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
Her Majesty The Queen has been Patron of the RNLI since 1952, while His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent has been President since 1969.
Our Patron and President
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
A hybrid format allowed Governors to participate and vote in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) from the safety of their own homes without needing to travel.
Our AGM
Read about the impact of our rescue and drowning prevention activities in 2019, our plans, financial review, governance, independent auditor’s report and financial statements in RNLI Annual Report and Accounts 2019 – We are one crew. This is our watch.
Our annual report
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