Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 1

Spending falling: -1
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 6

ASSOCIATION OF LOWLAND SEARCH AND RESCUE

Lowland Rescue provides Search & Rescue support to the emergency services alongside Mountain Rescue, Cave Rescue, RNLI and others. Lowland Rescue teams work 'From Hill to High Water' in over 30 counties of the UK and all of Northern Ireland.The Association of Lowland Search & Rescue is the coordinating body for individual Lowland Rescue teams.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently and was substantially in excess of spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£93	£29	£64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£47	£39	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/21		£74	£31	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/20		£181	£202	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£209	£198	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,883
31/03/18	*	£89	£29	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£97	£44	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£14	£21	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£21	£14	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£22	£28	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.lowlandrescue.org

admin@lowlandrescue.org

03333 12 9999

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Search & rescue & emergency services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Jersey, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

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

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
CAF - Grant to Association of Lowland Search and Rescue
£3,000	17/04/2020 3	Grant to Association of Lowland Search and Rescue to support the organisation through COVID19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ADRIAN NICHOLAS EDWARDS Appointed: 2021

ANDREW HARRISON MBE Appointed: 2020

DAVE ALCOCK Appointed: 2023

DIANA ELIZABETH GREEN Appointed: 2022

LYNDSEY DONALDSON-SELBY Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: WILTSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM, WILTSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM,

SEAN MCCARRY OBE (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: LONDON SEARCH & RESCUE,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/01/2013, number: 1150317

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR18: 39 days late, AR17: 2 days late,

Main office

18 Newmans View
Purton
SWINDON
SN5 4GN

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF ALSAR SHALL BE TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS ENDANGERED BY ACCIDENTS OR NATURAL HAZARDS AND THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1. TO PROMOTE ADEQUATE SEARCH AND RESCUE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE LOWLAND AREAS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND IN CO-OPERATION WITH ITS MEMBERS, PARTNERS, GOVERNMENT BODIES AND WITH OTHER RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS.2. TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE CONSISTENT TRAINING STANDARDS AND USE OF BEST-PRACTICE BY MEMBERS IN LOWLAND SEARCH AND RESCUE TECHNIQUES.3. TO PROMOTE APPROPRIATE STANDARDS AND CONDUCT AMONGST MEMBERS WITH THE AIM THAT ALL UK POLICE FORCES WILL ACCEPT ALSAR MEMBERS AS APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE PARTNERS FOR SEARCH & RESCUE OPERATIONS.4. WHERE REQUIRED, TO ADVISE AND ASSIST ITS MEMBERS IN ENSURING THEIR APPROPRIATE USE BY THEIR LOCAL POLICE FORCE OR CALLING AGENCY.

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