Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

LANCASTER AREA SEARCH AND RESCUE

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Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no 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:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
28/02/23*£100£91£9
28/02/22*£127£93£34
28/02/21*£91£90£1
29/02/20*£125£108£18
28/02/19£90£62£27
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.lasar.org.uk

info@lasar.org.uk

07557140755

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Search, rescue & emergency services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 Lancaster Area Search and Rescue
£4,187 23/10/2021
We need a special rescue boat to help protect our communities. After Cornwall, Lancashire has the highest rate of drowning deaths, yet we only have one rescue boat in the fire and rescue service.
CAF - Grant to Lancaster Area Search and Rescue
£3,000 02/07/2020
3
Grant to Lancaster Area Search and Rescue to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Lancaster Area Voluntary Search and Rescue Team
£10,000 26/07/2018
12
The charity will train volunteers to be able to help people in times of need and act as a rapid response team against frequent flooding and incidents on the local waterways.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • JESSICA CALVERLEY Appointed: 2023
  • MICHELLE RAWES Appointed: 2023
  • THOMAS BUCHAN Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/02/2018, number: 1177231
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR23: 2 days late, AR22: 31 days late, AR21: 177 days late, AR20: 68 days late,
Main office

Care of Xeinadin Accountants
Dalton House
9 Dalton Square
LANCASTER
LA1 1WD

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT LIFE AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AN EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:1) BY PROVISION OF A DEDICATED AND TRAINED VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO ASSIST AND SUPPORT THE EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE OPERATION OF SEARCH AND RESCUE IN THE LANCASTER AREA;2) BY PROVISION OF A BACK-UP SERVICE TO OTHER SEARCH AND RESCUE GROUPS ACROSS THE UNITED KINGDOM IF CALLED UPON AND ABLE TO DO SO.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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