Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Volatile income
spending growth: -1
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

WEST MERCIA SEARCH & RESCUE

Provision of a team of trained volunteers qualified in Land and Water Search and Rescue working in partnership with the Emergency Services, Statutory Agencies, and other voluntary organisations.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be 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
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Established: 16 years

www.westmerciasar.org.uk

enquiry@westmerciasar.org.uk

07970875606

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£87	£83	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	81
31/03/22		£68	£67	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/21	*	£85	£83	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/20		£107	£65	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/19		£115	£73	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/18		£140	£75	£64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£98	£89	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£47	£49	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£41	£48	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£9	£7	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£23	£38	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£49	£37	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£20	£18	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£8	£11	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£15	£7	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
81 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Equipping our Water Rescue Vehicle
£10,000	16/12/2022	The funding will be used towards the cost of converting a vehicle for use in response to emergency call-outs with suitable equipment for towing launching and recovering rescue boats. The project aims ....more The funding will be used towards the cost of converting a vehicle for use in response to emergency call-outs with suitable equipment for towing launching and recovering rescue boats. The project aims to provide vulnerable people with a swift reliable emergency response.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to West Mercia Search & Rescue
£6,853	23/10/2021	We would like to spend the funds on water safety/PPE equipment which requires replacing.
National Lottery Community Fund - A COVID-Safe Search Management System
£6,000	19/02/2021 11	The funding will be used to subscribe to a fully integrated search management system for the search and rescue service. The project will enable the group to reduce physical contact during COVID-19 ....more The funding will be used to subscribe to a fully integrated search management system for the search and rescue service. The project will enable the group to reduce physical contact during COVID-19 and improve response for missing people.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to West Mercia Search And Rescue
£3,390	19/11/2018	We'd like to equip and train our team to be able to search for missing people using bikes to speed up searches and cover more ground.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to West Mercia Search & Rescue
£7,350	19/11/2018	Help us buy a trailer to accommodate our search and rescue quad bikes.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to West Mercia Search and Rescue
£3,802	29/11/2017	We need funding to ensure that our incident command unit is operational at all times.
Department for Transport - Inshore & Inland Rescue Boat Grant Fund
£7,840	01/11/2017	To increase UK SAR capability by supporting purchase of rescue boats and water rescue equipment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lifesaving Medical Equipment for volunteer Search and Rescue responder
£10,000	17/05/2017 12	This is a project by a charity in Sandwell, West Midlands, benefiting people in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcester. They will use the funding to purchase six medical First Response bags for ....more This is a project by a charity in Sandwell, West Midlands, benefiting people in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcester. They will use the funding to purchase six medical First Response bags for volunteer usage. This will improve the group’s capacity to attend emergency search and rescue operations, providing life-extending care and medication.
Department for Transport - Inland/Inshore Rescue Boat Fund scheme
£25,112	15/12/2016 3	To support rescue boat charities search and rescue operations and improve response capability

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

ALEX BODZA Appointed: 2014

DAVID BROWN Appointed: 2021

MARCEL LECOCQ (Chair) Appointed: 2023

SAM BENNETT Appointed: 2021

SPENCER BRADLEY Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/02/2008, number: 1122651

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

15 returns made; AR21: 19 days late, AR16: 29 days late, AR14: 30 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 50 days late, AR11: 46 days late, AR10: 64 days late, AR09: 35 days late,

Main office

11 Lutwyche Close
CHURCH STRETTON
Shropshire
SY6 6BB

Objectives

1 THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS, WITH THE SKILLS OF SPECIALIST LAND, WATER AND 'AT HEIGHT' SEARCH AND RESCUE TECHNIQUE TO ASSIST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, STATUTORY AGENCIES AND OTHER LIKE ORGANISATIONS.2 THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO FURTHER THESE AIMS ABOVE.3 THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

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