Overall GiG Score: 3 ?
Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM 

NSART is a group of highly trained volunteers working alongside Nottinghamshire Police to search for and rescue high risk missing vulnerable people, including people with dementia, suicidal and children.NSART is available 365 days a year; 24 hours a day free of charge. NSART is associated to Lowland Rescue and UKSAR.Mutual aid to other UKSAR teams, Police, Ambulance and Fire services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received 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

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
Established: 11 years

www.nsart.org.uk

chairman@nsart.org.uk

07866649917

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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
01/04/23*£19£20£-2n/an/an/an/an/a40
01/04/22*£13£14£-1n/an/an/an/an/a36
01/04/21£22£13£9n/an/an/an/an/a50
01/04/20£23£24£-1n/an/an/an/an/a46
01/04/19*£27£17£10n/an/an/an/an/a46
01/04/18£20£19£1£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/17*£20£19£1£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/16*£30£24£6£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/15£27£21£7£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/14£28£15£14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 40 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Nottinghamshire,

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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Nottinghamshire Search and Rescue Team
£2,595 22/10/2022
In order to continue our vital work searching for vulnerable missing people, we want to be able to invest in maintaining and advancing our team's skills and the equipment we use.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Nottinghamshire Search and Rescue Team
£4,105 23/10/2021
We aim to continue assisting in the search for missing people and advance our skills in a way that will improve upon the vital work that we already do.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Nottinghamshire Search and Rescue
£10,652 19/11/2018
We would like to train five new team members to become fully operational in lifesaving missing person searches.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2013, number: 1152175
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR23: 8 days late, AR22: 40 days late, AR19: 27 days late, AR17: 18 days late, AR16: 2 days late,
Main office

Nottinghamshire Search and Rescue Team
Ransom Hall South
Ransom Wood Business Park
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG21 0HJ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE:-1. TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH AND LIFE BY THE PROVISION OF VOLUNTEERS AND VOLUNTEER SEARCH DOGS TO ASSIST ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THESEARCH AND RESCUE OF MISSING PERSONS.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO LOWLAND SEARCH AND RESCUE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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