Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

RAPID RESPONSE NORTH WEST 

Rapid Response North West is dedicated to aid the relief of sickness and physical injury by the provision of emergency medical services, vehicles, and equipment. We also provide Safety Patrols; preventing suicides around the Wirral Peninsular. Our aim is to also provide water search & rescue in the area that we operate.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male
  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
17/05/23£31,186£31,138£4825
17/05/22£43,152£36,794£6,35820
17/05/21£9,568£11,087£-1,51918
17/05/20*£7,186£3,698£3,48811
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.rrnw.org.uk

info@rrnw.org.uk

0151 272 0162

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, 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
  • 25 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
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Support on the Streets
£1,100 25/08/2023
To enable the group to support homeless people with food and drink along with first aid classes and mental health awareness.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Let's Go Med-ucate
£8,520 21/04/2023
To offer a 5-day, level 3 course to disadvantaged unemployed young people called "First Response Emergency Care Level 3". It is a recognised prehospital care qualification which could lead ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,485 15/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/05/2019, number: 1183502
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • 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
4 returns made; AR20: 6 days late,
Main office

Whitfield Business Hub
184-200 Pensby Road
Heswall
Wirral
CH60 7RJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO IS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HUMAN LIFE WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAVING LIFES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING: 24-HOUR ON CALL ASSISTANCE, WATER SEARCH & RESCUE, EVENT SUPPORT & FIRST AID, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND OTHER RESOURCES WHICH WILL OFFER SUPPORT TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, STATUTORY BODIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE TRUSTEES ACROSS THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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