## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1/1/2022. Period start date To 31/12/2022 Period end date**
## **Charity name: M-SAR (MônSAR)**
## **Charity registration number: 1162558**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|The aims of Môn Search and Rescue are:
To save lives and relieve those in need, by
assisting the work of the police and rescue
services for the public benefit on Ynys Mon
and anywhere else as required, in
particular but not exclusively, by:
●
Searching for and the recovery of those
missing or at risk of harm.
●
Assisting in the relief of
suffering and distress
amongst those
endangered by accidents
or natural hazards
The advancement of education for the public
benefit, in particular but not exclusively by
promoting, sustaining and increasing individual
and collective knowledge and understanding of
search and rescue skills and techniques.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Statement of what the charity aims to achieve.
What the charity has done during the year to
achieve this for the Public Benefit;
•
Raising funds to cover training for
volunteers
•
Recruiting 8 new
volunteers to train
to become
operational
volunteers
•
Running a training programme for
volunteers
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have taken due regard to the
guidance published by the Charity
Commission on carrying out its charitable
purposes for the public benefit, when
exercising any powers or duties to which
the guidance is relevant.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|None. We follow the guidelines issued by
the individual grant awarding bodies.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|None|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers have run fund raising events,
sponsored cycle rides etc for the benefit of
the team.|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|During 2022, the team ran; 47 training
exercises, 86 events, undertook 16
searches with 32 active members. This
gave a total activity hours of 4721. The
organisation recruited 8 probationary
members during 2022. Two qualified
search technicians also transferred fron
another team.
•
12 members were trained for
Bank Search
•
1 member was trained as a Team
Leaders
•
4 members were trained as
Search Technicians
•
2 members were trained as
TQA/IQA Assessors|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The team continues to function and provide
a baseline service to the public.|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Can be considered as “fire fighting” efforts
at times in todays volatile financial world.
The team’s operating costs are not immune
from inflation and rising costs.|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|None|
|Other||N/A|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|On 31 December 2022, the Current
Account balance was £16,698.
**Income:**
**£14,065 was received in Unrestricted**
**Income.**
**Zero funds were received in Restricted**
**Income.**
**Expenditure:**
Team expenditure over the FY 2022 was
£16,873. This was mainly the running of
three vehicles, team liability insurance, kit
and equipment and training costs.|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Board of Trustees consider the level of
reserves that it is prudent for MÔN-SAR to
have once per year, with the aim of holding
1-2 years running costs.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Zero|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|With the challenging fundraising
environment, it has not been possible to
achieve the desired level of reserves.|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None.|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|None.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
**£14,065 was received in Unrestricted Income.** This included: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 £4,190 - grants and donations from any fundraising) various organisations £3,723 - supermarket collections £2,786 - from various members of the public (not including supermarket collections) £1,369 - raised by Bob Evans on his Scottish coast to coast trek £870 - Conrad Jones (author) evening
|||£480 - Military Wives Choir evening
£429 - collection tins kindly hosted
by shops, restaurants and
businesses on the island
£138 - online shopping links
(Amazon Smile & Give as You Live)
£80 - ink cartridge recycling|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|None|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|These are identified by a risk register that
is reviewed by the trustees annually.
Financial risk features considerably in this.|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution
Lowland Rescue ACOP|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Application to BoT
Fit and Proper person declaration
Enhanced DBS Check
Financial Checks
Experiance|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**NWP Information Sharing Agreement**
**Enhanced DBS Check**
**GDPR Policy**
**Training**|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Member team of the Association of**
**Lowland Search and Rescue, working**
**closely with North Wales Police, North**
**Wales Mountain Rescue Association**
**and HM Coastguard.**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Multi agency operations with NWP,**
**NWMRA and HMCG**|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Anglesey Search and Rescue|
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|Other name the charity uses|MonSAR|
|Registered charity number|1162558|
|Charity’s principal address|Foxglove Cottage
DULAS
Anglesey
LL|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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2
3
4
5
6
7|Trustee
name|Office (if any)|Dates acted if not for whole
year|Name of person (or
body) entitled to appoint
trustee(if any)|
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||Jon
Mossman|Chair||Members|
||Noel Kerr|Secretary|1/1/22 – 4/5/22|Members|
||John
Dolan|||Members|
||Nina
Roberts|Secretary|4/5/22 – 31/12/22|Members|
||Jay
Duncan||4/5/22 – 31/12/22|Members|
||Megan
Bagnall||4/5/22 – 31/12/22|Members|
||Simon
Drakley||4/5/22 – 31/12/22|Members|
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name None**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**||
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|**None**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|None|
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|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|
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|**None**|||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
|None|||
|**Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**|||
## **Other optional information**
**N/A**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg**
**Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**||||
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Jon Mossman|Nina Roberts||
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Chair of Trustees||Secretary|
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