Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

YORK RESCUE BOAT

York Rescue Boat is to provide a physical and proactive commitment to furthering the safety of the rivers in York. We aim to achieve this by means of a patrol and rescue boat, education and awareness. With progression York Rescue Boat endeavours to provide a stand-by team that will respond as an auxiliary service to the 999 services in area?s of Search & Rescue and community flood assistance.

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 has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 10 years

Www.yorkrescueboat.com

Info@yorkrescueboat.com

01904777777

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
05/04/23	*	£77	£115	£-38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
05/04/22		£102	£81	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	44
05/04/21	*	£58	£40	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	49
05/04/20		£89	£42	£47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	68
05/04/19	*	£33	£25	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
05/04/18	*	£49	£30	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/17	*	£78	£74	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16	*	£94	£40	£55	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15	*	£24	£20	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

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

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

City Of York, North Yorkshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
55 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 - Emergency rescue and water safety awareness raising work
£9,787	01/07/2022	The funding will be used to support ongoing provision of regular riverside patrols. The project aims to make young people aware of the risks and prevent them from getting into dangerous situations.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	06/11/2020	Float Our Boat
National Lottery Community Fund - York Rescue Boat Emergency Equipment
£9,919	27/03/2020 11	The funding will be used to replace the organisation's outdated emergency equipment. The project aims to continue to provide a much needed life saving service in the community.
Department for Transport - Inshore & Inland Rescue Boat Grant Fund
£14,464	01/11/2017	To increase UK SAR capability by supporting purchase of rescue boats and water rescue equipment.
National Lottery Community Fund - YRB Flood Response Boat Rescue Team.
£9,000	17/05/2017 12	The group will train additional volunteers for their flood rescue service. This will build capacity and enable the service to be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and comply with DEFRA ....more The group will train additional volunteers for their flood rescue service. This will build capacity and enable the service to be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and comply with DEFRA Concept of Operations, with the aim of assisting those in distress and saving lives in times of flooding.
Department for Transport - Inland/Inshore Rescue Boat Fund scheme
£16,662	15/12/2016 3	To support rescue boat charities search and rescue operations and improve response capability
National Lottery Community Fund - York Rescue Boat Flood Response project
£10,000	05/08/2015 12	The organisation will use the funding to build capacity for their organisation by training and equip community volunteers to be part of a York flood. This will provide auxiliary volunteers to aid the ....more The organisation will use the funding to build capacity for their organisation by training and equip community volunteers to be part of a York flood. This will provide auxiliary volunteers to aid the emergency services in areas of search and rescue and community flood assistance.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

ALISTAIR MCCLEARY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Surgeon, Other trusteeship: THE VASCULAR SOCIETY,

ANDREW DAVID HART Appointed: 2022

DAVID GRABOWSKI Appointed: 2019

JOANNE LYNCH Appointed: 2016

ROBERT JOHN NEWPORT Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/02/2014, number: 1155849

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR23: 11 days late, AR21: 47 days late, AR19: 1 days late, AR18: 38 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 10 days late, AR15: 1 days late,

Main office

York Rescue Boat
York Eco Business Center
Amy Johnson Way
York
North Yorkshire
YO30 4AG

Objectives

THE AIM OF THE YORK RESCUE BOAT IS TO SAVE LIFE. IT WILL ACHIEVE THIS THROUGH THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: (1) PROVISION OF LAND AND RIVER BASED WATER SAFETY PATROLLING WITHIN THE YORK AREA. (2) PROVISION OF FLOOD RESCUE IN YORK AND AS PART OF THE NATIONAL CONTINGENCY FRAMEWORK . (3) SUPPORT TO NORTH YORKSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE . (4) EDUCATION TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IN ORDER TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIVERS. (5) FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNICATION IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES IDENTIFIED.

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