Ladysmith and District Marine Rescue Society
Publicly funded institution · Ladysmith, British Columbia · BN 871200242RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($80,260) as filed with the CRA.
Ladysmith and District Marine Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Ladysmith, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under protective health care. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $185K in revenue and $80K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $282.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $62K in 2020 to $185K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The society supports fast response to marine emergencies and safety training for the general public in safe operation of marine vessels
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $185K | $80K | $75K | $268 | — | $386K |
| 2023 | $57K | $87K | $86K | — | — | $277K |
| 2022 | $83K | $88K | $87K | — | — | $309K |
| 2021 | $32K | $76K | $75K | — | — | $313K |
| 2020 | $62K | $76K | $76K | — | — | $357K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $282 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Jamiesom (treasurer); Trevor Busch (director); Doug Collett (director); Gary Mitchell (director); John Oakes (director); Susan Wisely (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ladysmith and District Marine Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871200242RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.