## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1 April 2024 To 31 March 2025**
## **Charity name: Search And Rescue Dog Association Anglia**
## **Charity registration number: 1178049**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The preservation and protection of health
and the saving of life|
|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|a) Providing a dedicated and trained
emergency search and rescue service
consisting of appropriately trained dogs,
handlers, and other team members to
assist and support the emergency
services in the search and rescue of
missing persons in East Anglia.
b) Providing a back-up service to other
search and rescue groups across the
UK and elsewhere if called upon and
able to do so.|
|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 due regard to the
requirements of the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public benefit and
have exercised their powers and duties in
accordance with those obligations. The
primary aim of SARDA Anglia in meeting
the test for public benefit is that of, the
saving of lives.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||
SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|SARDA Anglia has an informal policy
on grant-making, as a small
organisation the only grants the
organisation makes, are for small
amounts to some members for the
purchase of specialist support items.
This policyisreviewed annually.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|SARDA Anglia does not have any
investments.|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|SARDA Anglia is entirely volunteer run
and supported and therefore the
contribution made by volunteers is
immeasurable. Volunteer handlers
train every day with their dogs, and it
can take 2+ years to train a dog to an
appropriate basic qualifcation
standard.
Volunteers also support the
operations of the organisation by
attending callouts, training, and other
events. All volunteers expend
signifcant time, efort and their own
funds supporting the organisation and
its aims. As a team of volunteers, we
are on call 24/365 to the emergency
services. SARDA Anglia will also
respond to callouts from other
appropriate organisations e.g. local
resilienceforum members etc.|
|---|---|---|
|**Achievements and Performance**|||
||SORP reference||
|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|SARDA Anglia has been on standby, and
the dogs, handlers and other team
members have maintained their training
and readiness standards.
Team members and their dogs continue to
train, with new dogs being trained as part of
the natural turnover and operational
lifespan of the dogs. This is key to maintain
operational readiness and for the welfare of
the dogs and their wellbeing. It is important
to note that all dogs live out their natural
lifespan after retirement and no dog is put
to sleep at the end of its working life. Sadly
during this financial / operational year we
lost two dogs due to serious health
reasons.
It is important for the teams to remain
trained and available for the benefits to the
wider community when called upon.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
Teams have continued to train and have
been operational during the year. The aim
is to maintain operational readiness and
SARDA Anglia continues to meet those
objectives.|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising||Limited fundraising required as SARDA
Anglia has sufficient funds and has limited|
|activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|expenditure.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment performance
against objective|Para 1.41|N / A No investments|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|SARDA Anglia’s financial position is
positive, and expenditure is low. The
position is reviewed regularly by the
Trustees.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|It should be noted that because of SARDA
Anglia’s appropriate governance standards
the charity maintains an informal Reserves
Policy of holding at least two years funds.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|2+ years reserves - £2,000 (held as part of
the general account). This far exceeds the
reserves required.|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N / A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|No funds in deficit|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|No financial concerns|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
Donations and general public fundraising.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|SARDA Anglia do not have any
investments|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Principle risks facing the charity are funding
and the prolonged timescale needed to
train dogs and handlers, which some
potential new members find difficult to
accept.|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution, tailored version of Charity
Commission for England and Wales, Model
Constitution. Adapted for SARDA Anglia
and approved by the Charity Commission.|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|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|By members vote at AGM, or by co-option
in the event of an urgent need e.g.
retirement.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|SARDA Anglia is a member of Suffolk
Voluntary Sector Emergencies Partnership
– the tier 3 responder group for Suffolk,
operating / with the Local Resilience Forum.|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Search And Rescue Dog Association Anglia|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|SARDA Anglia (formerly NSARDA Anglia)|
|Registered charity number|1178049|
|Charity’s principal address|1 Sunnyside
Pound Hill
Stowmarket
Suffolk
IP14 4LZ|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7|**Trustee name**
Andrew Shemming
Kevin Waterson
Phill Fox
Elizabeth Harlaar|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Chairman|Whole period|Elected at annual AGM|
|||Lifetme President|Whole period|Elected at annual AGM|
|||Trustee|Whole period|Elected at annual AGM|
|||Trustee|Whole period|Elected at annual AGM|
||||||
||||||
||||||
## – 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 whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|**None**|||
||||
||||
||||
||||
||||
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|None|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|None|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|None|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**||
||None||
||||
||||
||||
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **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)** Digitally Signed Digitally Signed **Full name(s)** Andrew Shemming Phill Fox **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman and Trustee Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 17 Jan 2026
||A|B|C|D|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|1|**Search And Rescue Dog Association Anglia**
**(SARDA Anglia)**|||**Charity Registered in**
**England and Wales**
**No. 1178049**|
|2|||||
|3|**Simplified Receipts and Payments Accounts for the Financial Year**
**1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024**||||
|4|||PreviousYear||
|5||Year Ending 31 March 2025|Year Ending
31 March 2024||
|6|**Receipts**||||
|7|Donations and Fundraising|-
£|165 00
£||
|8|Equipment Pre-Payments|-
£|||
|9|Other|-
£|||
|10|||||
|11|||||
|12|Total Receipts|-
£|165 00
£||
|13|||||
|14|||||
|15|**Payments**||||
|16|Training and Assessment Costs|-
£|||
|17|Equipment|-
£|106 00
£||
|18|Running Costs / Other (Internet costs)|-
£|||
|19|||||
|20|Total Expenditure|-
£|106 00
£||
|21|||||
|22|||||
|23|Net Receipts / Payments|-
£|59 00
£||
|24|||||
|25|PayPal and Cash Box|-
£|||
|26|||||
|27|Cash Funds at Year End (Apr 2024)|9 056 00
£|8 997 000
£||
|28|||||
|29|Cash Funds at Year End (Apr 2025)|9 056 00
£|9 056 00
£||
|30|||||
|31|||||
|32|Net Increase / decrease from last
financial year|-
£|£ 59 00||
|33|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of the trustees||||
|34|Date||||
|35|Signature||||
|||**Search And Rescue Dog Association - Anglia**
**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**Registered in England and Wales number: 1178049**|**Search And Rescue Dog Association - Anglia**
**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**Registered in England and Wales number: 1178049**|**Search And Rescue Dog Association - Anglia**
**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**Registered in England and Wales number: 1178049**|**Search And Rescue Dog Association - Anglia**
**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**Registered in England and Wales number: 1178049**|**Search And Rescue Dog Association - Anglia**
**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**Registered in England and Wales number: 1178049**|**Search And Rescue Dog Association - Anglia**
**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**Registered in England and Wales number: 1178049**|**Search And Rescue Dog Association - Anglia**
**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**Registered in England and Wales number: 1178049**|**Search And Rescue Dog Association - Anglia**
**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**Registered in England and Wales number: 1178049**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||**Notes to the Accounts for the Financial Year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025**||||||||
||**1**|SARDA Anglia (previously known as NSARDA Anglia) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 23 April 2018||||||||
||**2**|These accounts relate to the financial year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
It should be noted that SARDA Anglia currently have no restricted funds.||||||||
||**3**|Column labelled 'Previous Year' relates to the financial year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024||||||||
||**4**|The accounts for the period have been drafted in accordance with the Charity Commission for
England and Wales guidance for simple Receipt and Payment accounts CC16a using a simplified
format.||||||||
||**5**|When reading the accounts it should be noted that the numbers may differ from bank statements
etc. as the figures are rounded up/down and to the nearest £.||||||||
||**6**|As there has been no financial movement in the accounting year, the Trustees opted to share the
role of Treasurer. However, it should be noted that there is separation between those that can
access the bank account and the person drawing up the accounts. This meets good financial
practice for a small organisation.||||||||
||**7**|As noted above there is limited movement in the accounts and several people and members have
been generous and met the limited outgoings as gifts to the organisation e.g. printing and internet
costs.||||||||
||**8**|Signed in person by the signatories and scanned for upload to the Charity Commission for England
and Wales website||||||||
||**9**|These accounts have been drawn upby: Ms. Liz Harlaar_MBA(Open) MSc Int.Fin.Mgmt.(Open)_||||||||
|||||||||||
|||Signed||||||||
|||||||||||
|||Elizabeth Harlaar
_MBA (Open) MSc Int.Fin.Mgmt (Open)_||||||||
|||Date: 10 January 2025||||||||