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

**From  01/06/2021                   Period start date   To     01/06/2022 Period end date** 

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

## **Charity registration number: 1167791** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PRESERVE<br>AND PROTECT LIFE AND IN PARTICULAR TO<br>PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AN EMERGENCY<br>RESCUE SERVICE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE<br>PUBLIC: (A) BY PROVISION OF A DEDICATED AND<br>TRAINED VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO ASSIST AND<br>SUPPORT THE EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE<br>OPERATION OF SEARCH AND RESCUE IN THE<br>THAMES ESTUARY AREA; (B) BY PROVISION OF<br>ADVICE AND GUIDANCE WHERE REQUESTED TO<br>ENABLE RESIDENTS OF, AND VISITORS TO, THE<br>THAMES ESTUARY AREA TO ACCESS AND ENJOY<br>THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN SAFETY|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Search and Rescue**<br>**Patrols**<br>**Safety advice**|
|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 confirm the guidance from**<br>**the Charity Commission re public benefit.**<br>**The CIO is still for the public benefit.**|



## **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** 

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|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|**The CIO has been dormant during this**<br>**accounting period due to COVID recovery**<br>**planning.  The trustees are establishing a**<br>**plan to bring the CIO back into activity**<br>**which has been done for the 2022/2023**<br>**accounting period which will include**<br>**safety patrols, safety advice sessions**<br>**and more.**|



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

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|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**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**0 income / 0 outgoings**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**There is a total of £45.98 in the CIO**<br>**account which is a reserve held for any**<br>**admin costs accurred.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£45.98**|
|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|**CIO has been dormant recently due to**<br>**COVID and is now for the 2022/2023**<br>**accounting period becoming live again**|



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

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





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|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|**New Trustees are elected into post by**<br>**other trustees.**|



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

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



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Thames Search and Rescue|
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|Other name the charity uses|Thames SAR|
|Registered charity number|1167791|
|Charity’s principal address|57 Maidstone Road,  Rainham, Kent, ME8 0DP|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||Nicholas Luff|Chair|||
||Colin Ingram|Secretary|||
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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<br>held in this capacity|£0|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|N/a|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets|n/a|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||



## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **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)** NLUFF **Full name(s)** Nicholas Luff **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of Trustees **Chair, etc) Date** 11/05/2023 



**Thames Search and Rescue 1167791** 


## **Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 6/1/2021 **To from** 

6/1/2021 6/1/2022 **To** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 


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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

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|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**||**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|<br> <br> <br>|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
||(agree|balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|OK|OK||
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||||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**||
|**charity’s own use**||||<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**liability relates**|<br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees||Signature|Print|Name||
||NLUFF||Nicholas Luf|||






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## **Last year** 

**to the nearest £** 

**-** 

**-** 

**-** 

**-** 



## **Endowment funds to nearest £** 

**-** 

## OK 

## **Endowment funds to nearest £** 

**-** 

**Current value (optional)** 

**-** 

**Current value (optional)** 

**When due (optional)** 

Date of approval 5/11/2023 

