Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 5

BORDER SEARCH AND RESCUE UNIT

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 29 years

www.bordersar.org.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/10/17	31/10/18	31/10/19	31/10/20	31/10/21	31/10/22
Total income	£79,489	£120,227	£43,848	£72,626	£35,686	£230,472
Total spending	£25,085	£81,652	£15,961	£37,786	£72,948	£307,946
Surplus/deficit	£54,404	£38,575	£27,887	£34,840	-£37,262	-£77,474

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The saving of lives

Where it operates

Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Scottish Borders

Who it helps

Children or young people
Older People
People with disabilities or health problems

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Robertson Trust	£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Co-Operative Group	£7,231

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Border Search and Rescue Unit
£3,207	21/10/2023	We'd like to install solar panels for our new operational base, as part of a sustainability drive to reduce our carbon emissions and running costs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	18/02/2022	Mountain Rescue Base
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Border Search & Rescue Unit
£4,024	24/10/2020	We are kitting out a training room to enable community volunteers to engage in training to make them more more resilient.
Robertson Trust - The Capital Costs of the New Base
£20,000	29/04/2019	The Capital Costs of the New Base
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Border Search and Rescue Unit
£5,614	19/11/2018	We want to build a new mountain rescue base to create a better training and rescue service.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 05/01/1995, number: SC023213

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

C/O Kelso Police Station, Coal Market, Kelso, TD5 7AH

Objectives

The organisation's purpose is to save lives by maintaining an operational team to train for and carry out search and rescue requirements in the area.

Data Sources

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