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Sussex Search and Rescue is registered as a charity in England and Wales No 1097190. Registered address:
C/O Haywards Heath Police station, Bolnore Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex. RH16 4BA.
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Reference and Administration details.
Charity’s principal address:
C/o Haywards Heath Police Station Bolnore Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4BA
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Mr Daniel Wood Chair Mr Andrew Nixon Secretary Miss Jackie Deacon Treasurer
Structure, Governance and Management
The charity is governed by a constitution, which is adopted by the members. Trustees are elected by members annually at the Annual General meeting held in January.
The charity is managed by the Honorary Officers, namely the Chairman, the Secretary and the Treasurer, together with the support of an elected executive committee.
The charity works in partnership with Sussex Police and all members are police vetted before being accepted as operational within the team, this vetting is renewable every three years.
The charity is also a full member of the wider national network of the Association Lowland Search and Rescue.
Objectives and activities
The primary objectives of Sussex Search and Rescue are:
-To relieve the suffering and distress among persons endangered by accident or natural hazard by the provision of a trained search and rescue unit to assist Sussex Police and other agencies.
-To preserve and protect good health by the provision of education and training in outdoor safety and skills with a view to promoting the safe enjoyment of outdoor recreation.
Sussex Search and Rescue is registered as a charity in England and Wales No 1097190. Registered address:
C/O Haywards Heath Police station, Bolnore Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex. RH16 4BA.
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-To promote research into the science of search and rescue and to disseminate the useful knowledge gained, for the benefit of the public.
The trustees have continued with their duty having due regard to the commission's public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.
Operational achievements
Despite the continued Coronavirus pandemic lock down during the first quarter of 2021, the team attended its’ highest level of search call outs for vulnerable missing people at 61. These were primarily in Sussex but also included assists with other neighbouring counties as requested. This is an 20% increase on 2020 and amounted to over 1,800 hours in searching for vulnerable missing people.
The team continued to be available throughout the pandemic, and this continued to cause challenges in the management and deployment of the team with regard to the safety of the members, external contacts and the missing persons. The committee continued to review the developed pandemic protocol to mitigate these risks and to ensure appropriate levels of PPE were available and distributed to all active members.
COVID19 limited training in the early part of the year to MS Teams sessions, and included topics such as: Dementia awareness, briefings on Search Dogs Sussex and Sussex Police missing person procedures. Live training began again in April, normal search exercises resumed with the addition of supplemental skills bases such as: scene of crime, major medical incidents and stretcher protocols. The extra bases enhanced the training for those foot teams not directly involved in the missing person find.
As a member of the Association of Lowland Rescue, we annually provide them and to the police, statistics on all incidents attended, these are built up nationally with the intention of improving search planning for future incidents.
In 2021 we continued to be included on the Sussex resilience forum, which held regular meetings throughout the year to best serve the local community, through which there was a request for support in volunteering within the Sussex C19 vaccination centres. Twelve members acted as Volunteers or Volunteer Coordinators, covering 215 shifts, equating to a total of 988 hours of volunteering in multiple vaccination centres across Sussex and they all continued to support callouts and training.
Sussex Search and Rescue is registered as a charity in England and Wales No 1097190. Registered address:
C/O Haywards Heath Police station, Bolnore Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex. RH16 4BA.
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Membership
The member volunteers committed to a total of 7,200 hours in 2021 proving their commitment and dedication continues to be the greatest asset of the organisation.
- The team finished the year with a membership number of 60 which included e 44 operational members e 12 non—operational members e 4support members
During the year the Inflow included:
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This maintained our aim of sustaining a membership of around 70 personnel.
Training
Training during 2021 continued to be challenging due to the coronavirus pandemic, however the team members still attended 51 internal training exercises.
The water team qualified as VHF marine radio operators with an external trainer and 4 team members attended and qualified in a First Response emergency care level 3.
Equipment
A Land rover discovery was donated by Sussex police to the team, increasing our vehicle fleet to 4 vehicles.
Our Patron, the Chief Constable of Sussex Police, and the Police Crime Commissioner provided a grant to contribute to enhancing our water capability with two new boats.
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At the end of the year, funding was also secured for the purchase and establishment of a Sonar capability in 2022.
Sussex Search and Rescue is registered as a charity in England and Wales No 1097190. Registered address: C/O Haywards Heath Police station, Bolnore Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex. RH16 4BA.
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Financial Review
The charity finished the year in a healthy financial position with £43k of unrestricted reserves which are held in order to fulfil future charitable aims and objectives, build a fund towards future replacement of the vehicles and to be sufficient to cover a minimum of 12 months operational expenditure.
Fundraising in 2021 continued to be difficult due to the pandemic, with the majority of events cancelled or postponed in the first half of the year. Regardless of this, the fundraising team secured six grants in 2021.
Restricted:
£10.3k Sussex Police and Police crime commissioner — New boat fund £0.5k Burgess hill town council — Vehicle costs
£3.0k Ernst Kleinwort Trust — New boat Fund £9.0k Morrissons — Sonar equipment
Unrestricted from the £3.0k The Chalk Cliff Trust, £3.0k from the Sussex Crisis Fund.
Declaration
The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the Charities trustees:
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Sussex Search and Rescue is registered as a charity in England and Wales No 1097190.
Registered address:
C/O Haywards Heath Police station, Bolnore Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex. RH16 4BA.
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Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Sussex Search and Rescue (Registered number 1097190)
| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Sussex Search and Rescue for the period ended 31 December 2021
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
| report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports} Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Alison Henton, FCA
18 Lucastes Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1LD
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Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 December 2021
| 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2020 | |
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Receipts | ||||
| Donations | 31,038 | 21,848 | 52,886 | 28,796 |
| Interest Received | 4 | - | 4 | 14 |
| VAT Refund | 3,450 | 2,523 | 5,974 | 2.831 |
| Asset and investment sales | ||||
| Sale of assets | - | - | - | - |
| Total receipts | 34,492 | 24,371 | 58,803 | 31,641 |
| Total Income | 34,492 | 24,371 | 58,863 | 31,641 |
| Payments | ||||
| Operational equipment | 6,471 | 1,022 | 7,493 | 8,242 |
| Vehicle repairs, maintenance and fuel | 10,808 | 747 | 19,555 | 3,709 |
| Member training | 4,986 | - | 4,986 | 217 |
| Fundraising equipment & Marketing | 1,497 | - | 1,497 | 576 |
| Insurance | 4,179 | - | 4,179 | 3,214 |
| Other expenditure | 6,058 | . | 6,058 | 5,917 |
| 33,997 | 1,769 | 35,766 | 21,875 | |
| Asset and investment sales | ||||
| Purchases of assets Total payments |
2,785 36,783 |
14,818 16,587 |
17,603 53,3609 |
5,782 27,657 |
| Net of receipts (payments) forthe year | (2,290) | 7,785 | 5,494 | 3,984 |
| Reconciliation offunds in the year | ||||
| Cash funds at previous yearend | 47,712 | 2,377 | 50,089 | 46,105 |
| Net income (expenditure) for the year | (2,290) | 7,785 | 5,494 | 3,984 |
| Cash funds at yearend | 45,422 | 10,161 | 55,583 | 50,089 |
| Statement ofassets and liabilities | as at 31 December 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2020 | |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | |
| Cash funds | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Operations account | 9,297 | - | 9,297 | 3,832 |
| Paypal Account | 3 | - | 3 | 13 |
| Vehicle replacement account | 36,122 | 10,161 | 46,283 | 46,244 |
| 45,422 | 10,161 | 55,583 | 50,089 | |
| Net assets and liabilities | 45,422 | 10,161 | 55,583 | 50,089 |
| Assets retained for the Charitie's | Fund to which | Cost 2021 | Cost 2020 | |
| own use. | Asset Belongs | £ | £ | |
| Vehicles Computer Equipment |
Unrestricted Unrestricted |
56,651 5,631 |
56,651 5,172 |
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| Radio Equipment | Unrestricted | 2,448 | 2,448 | |
| Radio Equipment | Restricted | 25,736 | 25,736 | |
| Medical Equipment | Unrestricted | 3,643 | 3,643 | |
| SAR Equipment Water Equipment Water Equipment Other Equipment |
Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Unrestricted |
4,580 7,057 15,391 1,244 |
4,580 6,557 1,680 1,244 |
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| 122,380 | 107,711 |
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