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BERKSHIRE LOWLAND SEARCH AND RESCUE

Established: 29 years

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
30/09/22	£78	£99	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	88
30/09/21	£96	£32	£64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	78
30/09/20	£120	£89	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	78
30/09/19	£57	£62	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	83
30/09/18?	£79	£67	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	61
31/03/17	£75	£63	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£45	£46	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£42	£44	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£39	£33	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£29	£22	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£32	£30	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£19	£23	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£12	£11	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£13	£11	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£13	£11	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£25	£29	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£19	£16	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£13	£18	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£16	£25	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor And Maidenhead,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
88 volunteers

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
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Berkshire Lowland Search & Rescue
£3,750	07/07/2020	COVID19 : Purchase of IT equipment for a missing persons organisation in Berkshire
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,000	03/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - To provide specialist dementia training to all BLSAR team members
£4,800	12/07/2017 12	This project will arrange a visit from a 'virtual dementia tour bus' which will provide volunteers with specialist training, and will purchase a dementia stimulation kit. This will enable volunteers ....more This project will arrange a visit from a 'virtual dementia tour bus' which will provide volunteers with specialist training, and will purchase a dementia stimulation kit. This will enable volunteers to better understand the needs of people with dementia who are missing, improving support by cascading their knowledge to other search and rescue teams.
Department for Transport - Inland/Inshore Rescue Boat Fund scheme
£26,021	15/12/2016 3	To support rescue boat charities search and rescue operations and improve response capability

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/06/1995, number: 1046861

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

Objectives

TO ASSIST IN THE SAVING OF LIFE AND ALLEVIATION OF SUFFERING IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY BY ASSISTING THE STATUTORY EMERGENCY SERVICES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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