
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  01/01/2022            Period start date   To   31/12/2022          Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Dorset Search and Rescue** 

## **Charity registration number:   1121658** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To preserve and protect the health of<br>people who are missing or overdue by<br>assisting the police and other agencies in<br>the search|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Search and rescue operations for missing<br>and vulnerable people in Dorset|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have complied with their duty<br>to have due regard to the<br>Charity Commission's public benefit<br>guidance when exercising any powers<br>or duties to which the guidance is relevant|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|38 call outs where personnel were<br>deployed to search for vulnerable<br>missing persons over the year.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|---|---|---|
|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Cash and bank balances at the year end<br>were £38,495. Of these, £1,230 related to<br>restricted funds and the remainder to<br>unrestricted funds.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Sufficient reserves to maintain expenditure|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£10,000|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|Nil|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other 



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by the membership voting at the<br>AGM or appointed via a meeting of the<br>other trustees|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Dorset Search and Rescue|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|DorSAR|
|Registered charity number|1121658|
|Charity’s principal address|PO Box 5988<br>Dorchester<br>Dorset<br>DT1 9AF|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Charlotte Paul|Unit Leader|||
||Caroline Sutton|Treasurer|From 16/03/2022||
||Paul Shelton|Secretary|||
||Edward Kirlew|Membership<br>Secretary|||
||Trevor Antell|Search Lead|||
||Paul Martin|FundraisingLead|||
||David Rider|Operations Lead|From 16/03/2022||
||Martin Adams|Members Rep|||
||Robert Mace|Trustee|From 20/03/2022||
||Ian McGowan||To 16/03/2022||
||Paul Turle||To 16/03/2022||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 



**Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Caroline Guinevere Sutton||
||<br>Treasurer||
||31/10/2023||
||31/10/2023||





||**Dorset Search and Rescue**<br> <br>**Charity Name**|**Dorset Search and Rescue**<br> <br>**Charity Name**|**Dorset Search and Rescue**<br> <br>**Charity Name**|**1121658**<br>**No (if any)**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**<br>**from**|**01/01/2022**<br>Period start date|**To**|**31/12/2022**<br>Period end date||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**23,277**<br>**2,175**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**8,311**<br>**7**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **33,769**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**33,769**<br>**3,779**<br>**6,249**<br>**2,667**<br>**264**<br>**-**<br>**2,625**<br>**1,562**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **17,146**<br>**-**<br>**14,118**<br> **14,118**<br>**31,264**<br>**2,505**<br>**3,022**<br>**31,737**<br>**37,265**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**2,000**<br>**3,636**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**5,636**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br>**5,636**<br>**-**<br>**932**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,954**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,886**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,886**<br>**2,750**<br>**-                 3,022**<br>**1,502**<br>**1,230**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**23,277**<br>**2,175**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**2,000**<br>**3,636**<br>**8,311**<br>**7**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**39,405**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br>**39,405**<br>**3,779**<br>**7,181**<br>**2,667**<br>**264**<br>**1,954**<br>**2,625**<br>**1,562**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20,032**<br>**-**<br>**14,118**<br>**14,118**<br>**34,150**<br> <br>**5,255**<br>**-**<br>**33,239**<br>**38,495**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations,legacies and charityactivities|**23,277**||**-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**-**|**23,277**|**22,662**|
|Subscriptions|**2,175**|||**2,175**|**2,360**|
|A E Cooper Dean Charitable Foundation Grant|**-**|||**-**|**3,000**|
|Dorset CommunityFund|**-**|||**-**|**2,300**|
|Dorset Council Grant|**-**|||**2,000**|**2,000**|
|Co-opLocal CommunityFund|**-**|||**3,636**|**3,596**|
|Miscellaneous income|**8,311**|||**8,311**|**10,455**|
|Interest received|**7**|||**7**|**-**|
||**-**|||**-**|**-**|
||**-**|||**-**|**-**|
||**-**|||**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**33,769**|||**39,405**|**46,373**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**<br>**table).**||||||
||**-**||**-**<br> **-**<br>**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|||**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
||||**-**|**39,405**|**46,373**|
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|<br>Vehicle expenses|**3,779**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**3,779**|**13,470**|
|Insurances|**6,249**|||**7,181**|**4,281**|
|SMS Responder and communications|**2,667**|||**2,667**|**1,796**|
|Equipment|**264**|||**264**|**1,311**|
|Trainingcourses|**-**|||**1,954**|**7,121**|
|Rent|**2,625**|||**2,625**|**2,625**|
|Other expenditure|**1,562**|||**1,562**|**5,060**|
||**-**|||**-**|**-**|
||**-**|||**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**17,146**|||**20,032**|**35,664**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**<br>**(see table)**||||||
|<br>Drone|**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|**2,000**|
|Vehicle shelter|**14,118**|||**14,118**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**14,118**|||**14,118**|**2,000**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||
||||**-**|**34,150**|**37,664**|
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||**2,505**|**2,750**|**-**|<br>**5,255**|**8,709**|
||**3,022**|**-                 3,022**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**31,737**|**1,502**||**33,239**|**24,530**|
||**37,265**|**1,230**|**-**|**38,495**|**33,239**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

31/10/2023 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all<br>the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s**<br>**own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>Refunds owed for cancelled events<br>3 Generators<br>Drone<br>3 Mountain Bikes<br>**Details**<br>Vehicle Shelter<br>**Details**<br>Control Vehicle<br>Water Vehicle (Land Rover 4x4)<br>Water Vehicle Crew Cab<br>3 Rescue Boats and 2 Engines<br>Radio Equipment<br>Bank Accounts<br>Cash<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**37,220**<br>**1,230**<br>**45**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**37,265**<br>**1,230**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Unrestricted<br>**780**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Caroline Guinevere Sutton<br>Treasurer|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
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||||OK|
||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||Caroline Guinevere Sutton|31/10/2023|
|||Treasurer||



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

31/10/2023 

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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
DORSET SEARCH AND RESCUE
On a¢¢ounts forthe year
ondèd
31 DECEMBER 2022
Charity no
lif anyl
1121658
Set out on pages
CC16a Receipts and Payments Accounts
I repori lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity {'Ihe Trust ) for the year ended 31 December 2022.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the 8ccounls in accordance with the ￿quirementS of the Charities Act
2011 {"Ihe Act"),
I 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, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)Ib) of the Act.
I have completed my examinalion. l confirm that no material matters have
come lo my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause lo believe that in, any material respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
wilh the examination to which allenlion should be drawn in order to en2ble a
proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached.
Signed:
Date,.
Name:
Howard
Jones BA IHONSI FCCA
Relevant professional
qualification{s) or body
lif any):
AggOCi8tion of Chartered Certified AGcountant8
Address:
Edwards & Keeping
Unity Chambers, 34 High Easl Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1 HA
IER
October 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight matters of concern {see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidan￿ for
examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
None
IER
October 2018