Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 3

Future income +5
No PartB

All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

LONDON SEARCH & RESCUE

The charity is based in London and operates both locally and nationally while assisting the police and other search and rescue teams in the search for vulnerable missing people.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/10/22		£0	£0	£0	0
31/10/21	*	£0	£0	£0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

https://www.londonsar.com

operations@londonsar.com

02036378838

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Search & rescue & emergency services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Night Searcher
£10,000	15/09/2023	The funding will be used to purchase new lighting and camera equipment for the London Search and Rescue organisation. The project aims to improve the quality and efficiency of searches for missing ....more The funding will be used to purchase new lighting and camera equipment for the London Search and Rescue organisation. The project aims to improve the quality and efficiency of searches for missing vulnerable people in low level light and night searching.
National Lottery Community Fund - Paddle search
£9,492	11/03/2022	The funding will be used to buy kayak kits for London Search and Rescue. Project aims to increase the capacity of the organisation to carry out water rescue operations.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

PAUL LEWIS MBE Appointed: 2020

STEVEN MCGOWAN Appointed: 2023

STEVEN WOOD Appointed: 2020

SEAN MCCARRY OBE Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: ASSOCIATION OF LOWLAND SEARCH AND RESCUE,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/11/2020, number: 1192257

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
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

2 returns made; AR21: 8 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from LONDON SEARCH & RESCUE on 11/03/2024

Main office

METROPOLITAN POLICE SPORTS CLUB
THE WARREN
CROYDON ROAD
BROMLEY
Kent
BR2 7AL

Objectives

(1)TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE GOOD HEATH AND LIFE BY THE PROVISION OF QUALIFIED VOLUNTEERS AND QUALIFIED VOLUNTEER SEARCH DOGS (VOLUNTEERS ) TO ASSIST ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN SEARCH AND RESCUE OF VULNERABLE, MISSING PERSONS. (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO LOWLAND SEARCH & RESCUE.

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