Running costs
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.
Our lifesaving costs
Our governing documents
Royal Charter and Byelaws
The Royal Charter and Byelaws are the RNLI's two key constitutional documents.
Our governing documents
Our Patron and President
Our Patron and President
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
Meet our Executive Team
Our Executive Team
The Executive Team are the RNLI’s senior managers, responsible for the day-to-day running of the RNLI.
Meet our Executive Team
Meet our Vice Presidents
Our Vice Presidents
Vice Presidents are appointed by the Trustee Board as a mark of special recognition of service to the RNLI.
Meet our Vice Presidents
Meet our trustees
Our Trustees
Our trustees are a body of volunteers who carry full financial and legal responsibility for everything the RNLI does.
Meet our trustees
our agm
RNLI Annual General Meeting 2020
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE 24 MARCH
The welfare of our volunteers, supporters and staff, along with our ability to maintain our world-class lifesaving service, is our priority.
We have closed all RNLI shops, museums and visitor centres with immediate effect. Our lifeboat stations remain operational but will not be open to visitors. Our volunteer crews will continue to launch to those in peril at sea – and they need your support more than ever.
Due to the current uncertainty of the duration and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, RNLI Trustees have decided to move the AGM 2020 from the planned date (9 July, as advertised in Lifeboat and on this page) to later in the year.
Therefore, please note that the AGM will now take place on Thursday 29 October 2020 at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge.
Further communications relating to the AGM will be shared in due course and will also be available on this page.
The decision has also been made to move the Annual Meeting of the RNLI in Scotland from the planned date of Thursday 4 June to Friday 16 October. Further communications about this event will be sent out in due course.
Stuart Popham
RNLI Chairman
The welfare of our volunteers, supporters and staff, along with our ability to maintain our world-class lifesaving service, is our priority.
We have closed all RNLI shops, museums and visitor centres with immediate effect. Our lifeboat stations remain operational but will not be open to visitors. Our volunteer crews will continue to launch to those in peril at sea – and they need your support more than ever.
Due to the current uncertainty of the duration and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, RNLI Trustees have decided to move the AGM 2020 from the planned date (9 July, as advertised in Lifeboat and on this page) to later in the year.
Therefore, please note that the AGM will now take place on Thursday 29 October 2020 at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge.
Further communications relating to the AGM will be shared in due course and will also be available on this page.
The decision has also been made to move the Annual Meeting of the RNLI in Scotland from the planned date of Thursday 4 June to Friday 16 October. Further communications about this event will be sent out in due course.
Stuart Popham
RNLI Chairman
our agm
Our annual report
Annual Report and Accounts
Read about our rescue and drowning prevention activities in 2018, future plans, financial review, independent auditor’s report and financial statements in RNLI Annual Report and Accounts 2018 – Lifesaving powered by inspirational people.
Our annual report
Read the report
Gender pay gap reporting
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