Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 11

SUFFOLK LOWLAND SEARCH AND RESCUE

SuLSaR's operates under a service level agreement with Suffolk Police, the primary role is to support the police in the search for missing vulnerable people by the provision and maintenance of a trained Search and Rescue team to operate primarily (but not by way of limitation) in Suffolk and the surrounding areas. This also incorporates NSARDA Suffolk search dogs who are part of the SuLSaR Team

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
01/11/23		£46	£43	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/11/22		£48	£42	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/11/21		£32	£41	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/11/20		£52	£37	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/11/19		£25	£31	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/11/18	*	£20	£31	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/11/17?		£73	£51	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/16		£18	£19	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/15		£11	£7	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/14		£8	£6	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/13		£5	£6	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/12		£7	£4	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/11	*	£5	£6	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/10		£2	£4	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/09		£9	£5	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/08	*	£2	£8	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/07		£10	£5	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/06		£3	£3	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/05	*	£6	£5	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/04	*	£4	£2	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.sulsar.org.uk

secretary@sulsar.org.uk

07825412931

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Search, rescue & emergency services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Suffolk Community Foundation - Thermal Imaging
£902	22/01/2021	To purchase 2 thermal imaging cameras to help with searching for missing vulnerable people in the dark.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue
£5,439	08/12/2020 12	Towards the core running costs of the organisation who support all emergency services
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue
£6,332	07/10/2020 2	Towards the core running costs of the organisation for 3 months due to Covid 19.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDY KING (Chair)

ALISON ELIZABETH LAVENDER Appointed: 2023

DEBORAH JANE DURRANT Appointed: 2022

ELAINE GLENDINNING Appointed: 2018

NEIL CROUCHMAN Appointed: 2023

NICHOLAS WARREN ADAMS Appointed: 2023

TIMOTHY JOHN ALDEN Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/04/2002, number: 1091537

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 23 days late, AR11: 115 days late, AR08: 10 days late, AR05: 129 days late, AR04: 79 days late,

Main office

Suffolk Lowland Search & Rescue
1 Stag Park
Old A45
Woolpit
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
IP30 9FX

Objectives

(THE OBJECTS) ARE TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS ENDANGERED BY ACCIDENTS OR NATURAL HAZARDS BY PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A TRAINED SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM TO OPERATE PRIMARILY (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) IN SUFFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUFFOLK

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