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Most charity shops have prime locations in high streets now,they\'ll be paying top wack rates and rent,I\'ve often wondered why,probably because they\'ve got money to burn or earn.
Not sure how much the head bummers at RNLI get but you wont be far off the mark Peter
You\'ll find them in the \"RNLI General Information \" section.
The accounts are in PDF format, so you\'ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. You can download Acrobat Reader for free from many sources on the \'net - just do a search on \"Acrobat Reader download\"
The information regarding the annual salary of the Chief Executive was quoted from here......
Since posting the link to the RNLI Annual Review of Accounts last night, it would seem that the RNLI site has gone down........I don\'t think the 2 are related.
Should anybody want it, I can e-mail the document to you in PDF format,
But I honestly don\'t think the 2 are related........with over £400 million in reserves, I doubt if they\'d be worried about what NESA members might think.
That\'s the reason why (despite several suggestions to do so) I haven\'t written to the RNLI condemming their decision - as that it just what it is, a DECISION - no consultation - no views or opinions taken into account - just a decision to close the station and no amount of protesting about it by NESA members will make the slightest difference.
I have however, written to the lads making up the crew of Teesmouth Station, condemming the actions of the RNLI and passing on the support and good wishes from all at NESA.
Should anybody feel that they too would like to show their disgust at the decision to close the station and their support for the Teesmouth crew (and I\'d urge you to do so), you can e-mail the station at:
Apologies Mike, I forgot to comment on your suggestion:
\"Lets just make sure all our funds we raise go to local RNLI stations and not the national fund.\"
I mentioned this issue in the same topic title on the Boat Fishing forum.
I hope it explains my feelings on this enough......
\"It has been suggested that the money we raise from the shore comps and associated auctions should also go to a chosen N.E. station - rather than donated to the RNLI national coffers.
Now this is a suggestion I can sympathise with - BUT there are 2 issues which cause me a bit of concern if we were to go down that road:
1. Although NESA is N.E. based, we\'ve got members from all over the country. Why should somebody living / fishing on the West coast, South coast, Wales, Scotland, etc keep donating time, effort & money to RNLI stations in the N.E. of England?
2. Whilst we all like to see the money we raise go to where it would do most good (ie a Lifeboat Station itself, rather than into the RNLI central funds), who\'s to say that the station we raise funds for 1 year, isn\'t gonna be closed down the next.
I think (and it\'s only my opinion) that the RNLI have, in recent years, let down an awful lot of people - people who truly have the ethos of saving lives at sea at heart: the people who crew the lifeboats, the people who are dependant upon a reliable, secure service and the people who actually raise the money to keep the service going.\"
Most charity shops have prime locations in high streets now,they\'ll be paying top wack rates and rent
Unfortunatley they dont. Registered charities get reduced rates from the Councils. I think they only pay about 25% of the business rates due.
The main provison in this is that they only sell second hand goods but I know of several that sell new items. How can bona-fide retailers compete with this?
Some charities are just plain greedy and the one that usualyy p***es me off is when they tell you how much you have to donate. If I want to donate to a cahrity I will give what I want and not what they tell me to
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