Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -1

WUKSART LIMITED

Swiftwater and Flood Search and Rescue Capabilities throughout the UK for Domestic Emergency Services.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

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
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Income has been volatile recently

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
31/07/22	*	£44	£47	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/07/21		£44	£47	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	26
31/07/20		£40	£42	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/07/19	*	£78	£78	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	38
31/07/18	*	£118	£70	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	40
31/07/17	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/16		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/15	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/14	*	£76	£76	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.wuksart.org

info@wuksart.org

01773760518

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
24 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 - Flood team project
£9,225	11/02/2021 8	The funding will be used to provide training for nine new recruits and cover part of the annual running costs to enable the organisation to continue operating as a water search and rescue ....more The funding will be used to provide training for nine new recruits and cover part of the annual running costs to enable the organisation to continue operating as a water search and rescue organisation. The project aims to enable the organisation to provide response and operational support to the official Emergency Services in a range of situations including water rescues flood relief and support during times of adverse weather conditions natural disaster or civil emergency searches for missing people and be able to provide support at incidents as required.
Department for Transport - Inshore & Inland Rescue Boat Grant Fund
£54,568	01/11/2017	To increase UK SAR capability by supporting purchase of rescue boats and water rescue equipment.
Department for Transport - Inland/Inshore Rescue Boat Fund scheme
£29,385	15/12/2016 2	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 (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

JAMIE SHORTLAND Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Firefighter

AARON PARKIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Operations Manager

ROSS DAVIES Appointed: 2022

TIM GOUGH Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/05/2013, number: 1152138
Registered at Companies House on 26/07/2012, number: 08158395

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR22: 43 days late, AR19: 40 days late, AR18: 116 days late, AR17: 226 days late, AR15: 51 days late, AR14: 297 days late,

Main office

Watersafe UK Search and Rescue
Redhill Marina
Ratcliffe on sor
Nottingham
NG11 0EB

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: (1) FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS ENDANGERED BY FLOODING OR NATURAL HAZARDS BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A TRAINED RESCUE TEAM TO OPERATE PREDOMINANTLY THROUGHOUT THE EAST MIDLANDS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OR TO OPERATE WORLDWIDE IF REQUESTED.(2) TO PROMOTE CO-OPERATION AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS, POLICE FORCES, FIRE AUTHORITIES, AMBULANCE TRUSTS AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES WITH SIMILAR OBJECTIVE TO THOSE OF THE CHARITY WITHIN THE OPERATIONAL AREA OF THE CHARITY.(3) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND ALL POTENTIAL WATER USERS BY GIVING TALKS AND DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE POSSIBLE DANGERS AND HAZARDS OF WATER AND WATER SOURCES WITH THE AIM OF PREVENTING TRAGEDIES OR MISHAPS.(4) TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS WITHIN THE CHARITY.

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