Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 12

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 12

WILTSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM

SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS EXIST TO SEARCH FOR MISSING PERSONS OR THE VULNERABLE, AND ITEMS SUCH AS EVIDENCE IN A CRIMINAL CASE. WILSAR PRIMARILY COVER THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE, BUT WE ALSO REGULARLY ASSIST NEIGHBOURING TEAMS IN HAMPSHIRE,OXFORDSHIRE, DORSET AND BERKSHIRE AND WILL ASSIST ANY SEARCH ORGANISATION REQUESTING HELP IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

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 multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 21 years

www.wilsar.org.uk

chair@wilsar.org.uk

08432890345

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
31/12/22		£81	£92	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	114
31/12/21		£102	£59	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	109
31/12/20		£82	£92	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	85
31/12/19		£135	£99	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	73
31/12/18		£60	£41	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	88
31/12/17		£24	£27	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£15	£13	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£16	£16	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£35	£29	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£25	£14	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£17	£10	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11?		£12	£7	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£23	£37	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£32	£18	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£11	£8	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/03/07		£7	£9	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/03/06		£12	£9	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/03/05		£16	£16	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£12	£12	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides human resources

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
114 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Clothworkers Foundation	£15,000
WCIT Charity	£13,867
DCMS	£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£7,500
Wiltshire Community Foundation	£3,820
Masonic Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
WCIT Charity - Grant to Wiltshire Search and Rescue Team
£13,867	10/12/2023	Funding for equipment which provides live downlinks from a drone to the command vehicle.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000	13/02/2023	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	29/10/2021	Replacement of Incident Control Vehicle.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	24/07/2020	"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."
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Search & Rescue
£15,000	09/10/2019	purchase of a 4x4 vehicle for a charity which works with older people and other vulnerable groups in Wiltshire
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Training for our Future.
£3,820	18/07/2019	Wiltshire Search and Rescue (WILSAR) searches for vulnerable missing people at high risk with imminent threat to life. Funding will pay for training.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Upgrading existing vehicles
£4,000	27/04/2018	Wiltshire Search & Rescue assists the police in finding vulnerable people who have been reported missing across the county. Funding will pay for new equipment.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - New equipment vehicle
£3,000	11/04/2018	WILSAR provides search and rescue services in support of the police across the County. Funding will help purchase a Renault Traffic Van to replace their existing vehicle, which is no longer fit for ....more WILSAR provides search and rescue services in support of the police across the County. Funding will help purchase a Renault Traffic Van to replace their existing vehicle, which is no longer fit for purpose.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ADRIAN MARK SAWYER (Chair) Appointed: 2019

BETHAN EIRLYS MATTHEWS Appointed: 2023

LYNDSEY DONALDSON-SELBY Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeships: ASSOCIATION OF LOWLAND SEARCH AND RESCUE, WILTSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM,

NEIL PARSONS-HANN Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: WILTSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM,

SAMANTHA JAYNE TAYLOR Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: UKLSI, WILTSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM,

THOMAS BOWLING Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: WILTSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM,

VICTORIA CAROL WATSON Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: WILTSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/02/2003, number: 1095994

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR10: 3 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR04: 87 days late,

Main office

Wiltshire Constabulary
Headquarters
London Road
Devizes
SN10 2DN

Objectives

TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEVING OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS ENDANGERED BY ACCIDENT OR NATURAL HAZARD, PRINCIPALLY IN WILTSHIRE BUT WITHOUT GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITATION, AND TO SUPPORT ANY OTHER RESCUE ORGANISATION, AND TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SECURE AND EFFICIENT SEARCH AND RESCUE OF ANY PERSONS SO ENDANGERED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PRINCIPALLY IN WILTSHIRE BUT WITHOUT GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITATION

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