Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Spending falling: -1
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 11

CHESHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE

To assist Cheshire Police and any other Police/Search and Rescue resource within mainland UK to locate and assist Missing Persons. This includes medical assistance where qualified, and to be an additional resource to assist at any major incident within mainland UK.

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 have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

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

Established: 20 years

www.cheshire-sarteam.org

info@cheshire-sarteam.org

01625522008

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£59	£33	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	58
31/03/22	£47	£41	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	73
31/03/21	£57	£33	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/20	£54	£47	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/19	£158	£149	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	83
31/03/18	£82	£103	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£103	£30	£73	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£100	£32	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£48	£53	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£32	£44	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£53	£41	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£43	£37	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£14	£17	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£9	£7	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£6	£9	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£8	£6	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07?	£5	£4	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/01/06	£2	£3	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
58 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£19,584
Co-Operative Group	£8,175
CAF	£5,000
Cheshire Community Foundation	£3,630

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Cheshire Search and Rescue
£9,584	02/12/2022	The organisation will fund the running costs of Cheshire search and rescue to locate and rescue vulnerable missing people with the aim of addressing increased demand post Covid due to a significant ....more The organisation will fund the running costs of Cheshire search and rescue to locate and rescue vulnerable missing people with the aim of addressing increased demand post Covid due to a significant rise in mental health issues.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cheshire Search and Rescue Team
£3,632	23/10/2021	We would like to buy two thermal imaging cameras to assist in the search for missing vulnerable people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Flood Responders Cheshire
£10,000	11/02/2021 2	The organisation will purchase additional flood responder kit as their team are no longer able to share equipment due to covid-19 with the aim of enabling their responders to continue to respond to ....more The organisation will purchase additional flood responder kit as their team are no longer able to share equipment due to covid-19 with the aim of enabling their responders to continue to respond to flooding emergencies.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cheshire Search and Rescue Team
£3,630	07/06/2020	We would like to be available to assist NWAS when the NHS are stretched and as such would require additional funding. A callout in Frodsham, for example was initially for the HART team (Hazardous ....more We would like to be available to assist NWAS when the NHS are stretched and as such would require additional funding. A callout in Frodsham, for example was initially for the HART team (Hazardous Area Response Team, a division of NWAS) to respond to but due to them being deployed on another serious incident they were not able to respond for a couple of hours, prolonging the gentlemans vulnerability and pain. NWAS have requested help from the team on numerous occasions but we have been reluctant due to the expense of ensuring we had the correct equipment and training aids to enable us to respond in the correct manner following the gold standard protocols demanded by the emergency services. If we were able to secure additional funding we would happily declare the team as an asset to the NWAS 999 contact centre, available to be used 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, without exception.
CAF - Grant to Cheshire Search and Rescue Team
£5,000	29/05/2020 3	Grant to Cheshire Search and Rescue Team to support the organisation through COVID19
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cheshire Search and Rescue
£4,543	15/11/2019	We want to buy digital radios to assist our searches for vulnerable people who've gone missing.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cheshire Search and Rescue Team
£5,567	29/11/2017	We want to buy medical training equipment to train members and other organisations such as Scouts.
Department for Transport - Inshore & Inland Rescue Boat Grant Fund
£16,456	01/11/2017	To increase UK SAR capability by supporting purchase of rescue boats and water rescue equipment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Adapted Van
£10,000	11/10/2017 12	The funding will be used to purchase a vehicle to carry out search and rescue operations. The project aims to address concerns around slow emergency assistance in areas which experience delays due to ....more The funding will be used to purchase a vehicle to carry out search and rescue operations. The project aims to address concerns around slow emergency assistance in areas which experience delays due to weather conditions.
Department for Transport - Inland/Inshore Rescue Boat Fund scheme
£19,925	15/12/2016 3	To support rescue boat charities search and rescue operations and improve response capability
National Lottery Community Fund - Incident Control Vehicle
£10,000	22/03/2016 12	The group will use the funding to purchase a new vehicle. This will be used to effectively manage search and rescue incidents including missing people and to aid when needed in major community ....more The group will use the funding to purchase a new vehicle. This will be used to effectively manage search and rescue incidents including missing people and to aid when needed in major community incidents. This will ensure the local community are safe.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

BARBARA BRODERICK Appointed: 2022

BRYN JONES (Chair) Appointed: 2022

JOSH DENTON Appointed: 2023

LESLEY DAVIES Appointed: 2023

MALCOLM PRITCHARD Appointed: 2015

MISS R SMITH Appointed: 2014

OLIVER BUCKINGHAM Appointed: 2022

PETER TAYLOR Appointed: 2022

ROBERT BARLOW Appointed: 2022

STEVE DANCE Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/08/2004, number: 1105454

Gift Aid

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; all on time

Main office

Cheshire Search and Rescue
Unit 2 - 14 Premier Park
35 Road One Winsford Industrial Est
WINSFORD
Cheshire
CW7 3PH

Objectives

TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEVING OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS ENDANGERED BY ACCIDENT OR NATURAL HAZARD, PRINCIPALLY IN CHESHIRE 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:

NOT DEFINED

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