2023-12-31-accounts - United Kingdom Rescue Organisation

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date

From 1 Jan 2023 To 31 Dec 2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name United Kingdom Rescue Organisation Other names charity is known by UKRO Registered charity number (if any) 1166883 Charity's principal address Surrey Fire & Rescue Service HQ

11 Woodhatch Road, Cockshot Hill, Reigate, Surrey Postcode RH2 8EF

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Neil Odin	Chair
	GuyGoodman
	Cameron Black
	Dan Quin	Vice Chair
	Ian Greenman
	Ian Marritt
	AndyDixon

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) N/A

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)N/A Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)N/A Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)N/A Type of adviser Name Address




Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
N/A

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO - Foundation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Training resources have been provided to the Trustees. training of trustees; UKRO has 7 trustees - a Chair, Vice Chair and 5 Directors who head up • the charity’s organisational the charity’s organisational each of our directorates:

the charity’s organisational the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
Corporate Services; 2. Education & Development;
Global;
Operations; and
Organisational Development, Marketing & Communications. UKRO is a member of the World Rescue Organisation and Fire Aid; and has a partnership with the Institute of Fire Engineers.
relationship with any related UKRO is a member of the World Rescue Organisation and Fire Aid; and
parties; has a partnership with the Institute of Fire Engineers.
• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system N/A and procedures to manage them. UKRO has a risk register which is reviewed 4 times a year.

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Section C Objectives and activities

(a) Support the advancement of professional rescue in UK fire and rescue services and other rescue services through a range of activities and products, all of which serve the needs of the rescue community in its widest sense, from service providers, suppliers, researchers and training organisations.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

(b) Promote the protection and preservation of human life by developing and promoting best practice in rescue extrication and recovery techniques.

(c) Advance the education of the rescue services in the UK and overseas by providing training and experience in rescue extrication and recovery techniques.

(d) Advance the education of the public in rescue extrication and recovery techniques.
(e) Advance the education of the public in road and community safety matters.

1. UKRO Challenge 2023

From 14 – 16 September, in partnership with Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, we held the 2023 Festival of Rescue. The event included 27 extrication teams, 23 trauma teams, 7 water teams, 12 rope rescue. There was a dog demonstration event including a range of working dogs. We also ran a Fire Cadets Casualty Care Challenge with 6 teams attending from around the UK. This event was run in association with the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) UK Fire Cadets. The assessors were provided by the charity, LIVES.

We provided Educational workshops in the following subjects:

Post-vehicle collision – Incident involving Lithium-Ion Batteries

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Post-vehicle collision – Vehicle relocation
Trauma care – airway management
Heavy rescue lifting

2. Global work

We supported the World Rescue Organisation in delivering the World Rescue Challenge in Lanzarote (Spain) contribute to the development of rescue standards, assessor standards and challenge concept.

3. Organisational development

Throughout 2023 UKRO continued to engage and reach out to new partners to improve the brand and reputation of the charity. This included significant partnership work with the NFCC through the UKRO Academy along with the Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE) offering all UKRO volunteers the opportunity to progress their own continual professional development. Other partnership work included developing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Professional Recovery Operators Federation (PROF) and working with NFCC developing the National Organisational Guidance for the fire sector across the UK.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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N/A

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

policy on grant making;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main These are detailed in Section C above. achievements of the charity during the year

Section E Financial review

We have a policy of maintaining a working balance of £30,000 and living Brief statement of the within our means each year unless the trustees positively decide to charity’s policy on reserves spend from reserves. Details of any funds materially N/A in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal Our main source of income is the entry fees from the National Challenge sources of funds (including supplemented by income from the provision of services and sponsorship. any fundraising);
• how expenditure has UKRO makes a contribution to the Host for each National Challenge to
supported the key objectives stage the event. Volunteers are paid expenses when not provided by
of the charity; their Fire and Rescue Service or come from outside the fire sector to undertake assessing and global work; and for visiting the Host to discuss
• investment policy and and develop the National Challenge. objectives including any N/A
ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

N/A

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Neil Odin Guy Goodman Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)[Trustee ] Trustee Date 25/06/24 25/06/24

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UNITED KINGDOM RESCUE ORGANISATION

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS

Income Entry Fees Workshop Fees Sponsorship Approved Training Provider Services Ukraine Project Donations Misc	2022 57,615.02 100.00 4,700.00 1,700.00 7,180.00 11,500.00 - -	2023 56,394.47 - 2,000.00 3,240.00 - - 1,318.00 232.16

Total Income Expenditure Expenses Hosting Fee Challenge Dinner Insurance IT Costs Volunteer/Leaver's Gifts	82,795.02 12,783.18 30,000.00 - 4,641.36 392.59 33.32	63,184.63 10,777.75 38,000.00 1,334.70 2,553.54 1,695.57 4,738.90
WRO / GRIMP Entry Fees	2,889.28	10,548.37
Misc Services ESS Donations Training Audit	21.06 4,700.00 - - - 167.72	206.64 1,200.00 280.47 1,318.00 1,290.50 276.60
Bank Charges	330.25	-
Equipment Ukraine Project Total Expenditure Excess of income over expenditure Assets Current Assets	329.41 10,515.42 66,803.59 15,991.43	- - 74,221.03 11,036.40 -
Cash at Bank	80,242.38	67,641.67
HMRC - VAT due General Debtor Current Liabilities Fees received in Advance General Creditor Net Assets Represented By:	6,774.07 2,040.00 89,056.45 - 2,400.00 - 60.49 - 2,460.49 86,595.96	7,692.90 840.00 76,174.57 615.00 - - 615.00 75,559.57
UKRO Reserves b/f	70,604.53	86,595.96
Excess of income over expenditure in year	15,991.43 86,595.96	- 11,036.40 75,559.57

I certify this is a true and fair view of the statement of accounts for the period 1 January to 31 December 2023 and the position at 31 December 2023

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Alison Kearney CPFA 22 March 2024

Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on 3 June 2024 by:

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Trustee: Neil Odin

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Trustee: Guy Goodman

UNITED KINGDOM RESCUE ORGANISATION

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS

Income Entry Fees Workshop Fees Sponsorship Approved Training Provider Services Ukraine Project Donations Misc	2022 57,615.02 100.00 4,700.00 1,700.00 7,180.00 11,500.00 - -	2023 56,394.47 - 2,000.00 3,240.00 - - 1,318.00 232.16

Total Income Expenditure Expenses Hosting Fee Challenge Dinner Insurance IT Costs Volunteer/Leaver's Gifts	82,795.02 12,783.18 30,000.00 - 4,641.36 392.59 33.32	63,184.63 10,777.75 38,000.00 1,334.70 2,553.54 1,695.57 4,738.90
WRO / GRIMP Entry Fees	2,889.28	10,548.37
Misc Services ESS Donations Training Audit	21.06 4,700.00 - - - 167.72	206.64 1,200.00 280.47 1,318.00 1,290.50 276.60
Bank Charges	330.25	-
Equipment Ukraine Project Total Expenditure Excess of income over expenditure Assets Current Assets	329.41 10,515.42 66,803.59 15,991.43	- - 74,221.03 11,036.40 -
Cash at Bank	80,242.38	67,641.67
HMRC - VAT due General Debtor Current Liabilities Fees received in Advance General Creditor Net Assets Represented By:	6,774.07 2,040.00 89,056.45 - 2,400.00 - 60.49 - 2,460.49 86,595.96	7,692.90 840.00 76,174.57 615.00 - - 615.00 75,559.57
UKRO Reserves b/f	70,604.53	86,595.96
Excess of income over expenditure in year	15,991.43 86,595.96	- 11,036.40 75,559.57

I certify this is a true and fair view of the statement of accounts for the period 1 January to 31 December 2023 and the position at 31 December 2023

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Alison Kearney CPFA 22 March 2024

Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on 3 June 2024 by:

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Trustee: Neil Odin

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Trustee: Guy Goodman