OSCR Scottish charity profile

Port William Inshore Rescue Service

Known as PIRSAC

ActiveCharity number SC027347
Registered1 June 1998
Main locationDumfries And Galloway
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC027347
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
DG8 9QF

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Save lives using independent inshore lifeboat

Charitable purposes

  • the saving of lives

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The protection of life by the provision and maintenance of an inshore rescue facility available for use in any emergency life saving situation, connected with use by the general public of the inland and coastal waters of the United Kingdom

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 May 2025£80,821£49,175025 June 2026
31 May 2024£297,018£284,045015 March 2025
31 May 2023£204,758£223,540029 February 2024
31 May 2022£198,424£210,639025 March 2023
31 May 2021£108,050£136,539025 May 2022

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
The Boathouse, Harbour Road, Port William, Newton Stewart
Website supplied to OSCR
www.pirsac.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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