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2022-10-31-accounts

Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Audited Report and Financial Statements

31 October 2022

Company number: 12284792 Charity number: 1190641

Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Contents

For the year ended 31 October 2022

Reference and Administrative details ............................................................................................... 1 Trustees’ Annual Report ................................................................................................................... 2 Auditor’s Report .............................................................................................................................. 11 Statement of Financial Activities ...................................................................................................... 16 Balance Sheet ................................................................................................................................. 17 Statement of Cash flows ................................................................................................................. 18 Notes to the Financial Statements .................................................................................................. 19

Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Reference and administrative details

For the year ended 31 October 2022

Company number 12284792 – incorporated in the United Kingdom Charity number 1190641 – registered in England and Wales Registered office Search and Rescue Relief Limited Unit 7a Domeview Yard Tunnel Avenue Greenwich London SE10 0QE Trustees Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows: Dickon Mitchell (Chair) Lynda Mitchell Anthony Parsons Dr Vanessa Sarah Yarwood Bankers Barclays Bank UK PLC 93 Lewisham High Street London SE13 6BB Auditors Godfrey Wilson Limited Chartered accountants and statutory auditors 5[th] Floor Mariner House 62 Prince Street Bristol, BS1 4QD

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Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Trustees’ annual report

For the year ended 31 October 2022

Trustees’ Annual Report

The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 October 2022.

Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association, the requirements of a directors’ report as required under company law, and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102 (effective from January 2019).

Objectives and activities

Purposes and aims

Search and Rescue Relief Limited was set up to promote the saving of lives and the prevention of drowning, in particular but not without limitation by the provision of financial assistance, equipment and training to organisations in the global search and rescue community.

The trustees review the aims, objectives and activities of the charity each year. This report looks at what the charity has achieved and the outcomes of its work in the reporting period. The trustees report the success of each key activity and the benefits the charity has brought to those groups of people that it is set up to help. The review also helps the trustees ensure the charity's aims, objectives and activities remained focused on its stated purposes.

The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.

Achievement and performance

Training School

The set-up of the SARR Training School, based at the port of Newhaven, East Sussex, has been supported by Sea-Watch e.V., Choose Love, and by a £5k grant from The Chalk Cliff Trust.

The first course piloted in September 2022 with 7 new SAR volunteers (representing SeaWatch e.V.) taking part in a 4-day specialist training course. The first full course was run at the end of March 2023 and funding permitting, SARR will aim to deliver year-round, subject to demand, specialist training to current and future civil fleet SAR crewmembers.

The SARR Training School will deliver a choice of 3 training courses and ultimately be recognised as a royal yacht association (RYA) training centre. Each training course will include tailored small boat training, covering experience on/in water, equipment training, and the practical skills required to be part of a mission crew, involving maritime, medical elements and SAR scenario exercises, during both day and night.

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Training courses will be delivered by a number of highly experienced helms and trainers, all of whom have many years of direct operational experience in SAR (many of which RNLI), including members of the SARR team and board.

Trent/The Aurora

The management of the Aurora was transferred to Eos Shipping gUG in June 2022, and later in the year full ownership of the vessel was also transferred. SAR Relief will continue to support with advice and expertise, with all costs fully reimbursed, but from the 2022/23 financial year it will be operated in the Mediterranean by Eos Shipping gUG, a Sea-Watch e.V. affiliated organisation.

RHIB

The RHIB project was impacted by the import-export complications of Brexit and the intended end-use of the three Zodiac RHIBs by changes to the strategy of Sea-Watch e.V.. In the meantime, SARR is using one of the Zodiac RHIBs at the Training School. The future of the raft currently in storage at the SARR premises will be agreed with Sea-Watch e.V..

ARRC.

The future of the four MCR.60 Rescue Rafts purchased in 2020/21, of which the ARRC is one, is yet to be finalised. One is on the Aurora in Malta, other rafts may be transferred to the MareGO, in Malta, and the Maldusa Project, based in Lampedusa, but final decisions will be made in conjunction with the funder, Sea-Watch e.V..

M.V. Louise Michel

We continued to act as partner with Handbreit - Nautical Safety Solutions gGmbH on the maintenance, administration and operation of the Louise Michel.

Following a difficult year in 2020/21, when we were required to adapt the ship to meet the requirements of the German flag authorities, the Louise Michel went out on four missions in the 2021/22 financial year and is planning to conduct six double-rotation missions per year.

The Louise Michel has a strong team and has developed a successful operating model. In 2022 they rescued 762 people.

After a couple of months in dry dock to fix the issues raised at the ship’s survey, in March 2023 the Louise Michel went back on rotation. But on 25th March, after rescuing 180 people during four rescue operations, the Louise Michel was detained by the Italian Authorities for not ignoring distress calls on her way to a safe port. They appealed their detention and we are still waiting a decision on this, but they were released after the 20-day detention period ended and went out on a further mission in May, rescuing 72 people.

The ‘Workshop Truck’

The ‘Workshop Truck’, is our mobile workshop facility involving high level welding and fabrication capabilities for use in shipyards where NGOs and the civil fleet are undergoing maintenance and repairs. In 2021/22 the ‘Workshop Truck’ was based in Spain and was

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used by both the Louise Michel and SeaPunks e.V. to provide the tools, cutting and welding equipment to help the teams maintaining and repairing their rescue ships.

Other Funding

We are very grateful that Choose Love continue to support SAR Relief, funding our overheads and contributing support to a number of our projects. In 2021/22 they donated £20k and in 2022/23 they have committed to a £25k grant.

This overhead support allows us to continue to operate to support humanitarian assistance on migratory routes in the Central Mediterranean to continue to drive civil fleet search and rescue frontline service improvements.

Strategy and plans for the future

Great numbers of people risk their lives attempting the treacherous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea, escaping from war and violence. Many make the sea crossing in unseaworthy, over-crowded and unfit boats, without crew or safety, navigation and communication equipment. These circumstances lead to an ever-rising death toll at sea.

The response to this humanitarian crisis is currently driven by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil fleet search and rescue (SAR) operations. There is currently a significant gap in suitably trained crew (majority serving voluntarily) available for operations and individual members vary significantly in SAR and ‘at sea‘ experience. This often delays mission readiness and pressurises crewmembers to fill alternative roles. Once on operation, the skills and experience of the crewmembers has very significant consequences for the success and safety of an operation. In order to attempt to address this shortage of skilled crew, the main focus for 2022/23 will be the Training School. We aim to minimise the costs of the training school to our partner organisations, and to this end, we have engaged a freelance fundraiser in the 2021/22 financial year who has been successful in securing grants and donations to support our overheads.

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Trustees’ annual report

For the year ended 31 October 2022

Financial Review

Review 2021/22

Restricted income was £1,169,021 across four projects in the 2021/22 financial year, leaving year end restricted reserves of £466,615.

Unrestricted income was £2,048, but we also received restricted funding to cover our overheads including £16,083 from Choose Love (as well as releasing £8,080 of prior year reserves) and £10,200 towards our year end audit and accounts preparation. Our overhead costs for 2021/22 of £40,508 are made up of:

Premises: Our rent for our premises is only £1,155 per month. In 2021/22 we paid £200 in utilities/service fee.

Vehicle: The Land Rover Discovery and trailer was used to transport equipment used across a number of projects. It has been less useful in the 2021/22 and is currently off-road. We are planning to sell the Land Rover in 2023, expecting a sale value of approximately £3k. This would go into unrestricted reserves.

Equipment: Equipment was purchased for use across a number of projects and for donation to search and rescue NGOs

Other: Storage of equipment used for a number of projects in particular, the Training School, Trent and RHIB as well as unassigned equipment.

Accountancy, insurance and IT/software: there is some accountancy work not directly related to specific projects, insurance for equipment and volunteers, as well as software/the website of the charity.

Reserves policy and going concern

Our reserves policy is to have unrestricted reserves to cover six months’ unrestricted expenditure. As at the year end this estimated to be £9,645 (2020/21: £12,256).

However, we ended 2021/22 with a small negative free reserve (£970). This was due to overspends on the Workshop Truck and Trent Projects. The total deficit transferred to the general fund was £14,343 and we will work over the next few years to recover this position. In the short term however, we are confident no other restricted funds will cause a deficit on the general fund:

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The trustees have reviewed the financial position of the charity and are comfortable we are still a going concern because:

For these reasons the trustees are comfortable that there are no material uncertainties about Search and Rescue Relief Limited’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Risk management

The trustees have a risk management strategy which comprises:

The key risks that this work has identified and that are still current are:

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Fundraising

Search and Rescue Relief Limited works with funders to manage projects that are needed by the search and rescue relief sector. It puts proposals together and then seeks funding, while on other occasions it is contacted by prospective funders who have a project they want managed.

We received funding from Choose Love to develop our fundraising strategy and started working with a professional fundraiser in 2021/22. This has started to create a pipeline of grants and develop relationships with like-minded grant giving organisations. There is also a Just Giving page.

Search and Rescue Relief Limited does not use professional fundraisers to raise money on its behalf nor does it enter into commercial partnerships. Search and Rescue Relief Limited nevertheless observes and complies with the relevant fundraising regulations and codes. During the year there was no noncompliance of these regulations and codes and Search and Rescue Relief Limited received no complaints relating to its fundraising practice.

Structure, Governance and Management

Legal status

Search and Rescue Relief Limited is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 28 October 2019 and entered on the Central Register of Charities on 30 July 2020.

Board of Trustees

Search and Rescue Relief Limited’s Articles of Association state that the Board of Trustees must be comprised of at least three trustees, with no maximum number.

There are no employees and all decisions are taken by the trustees, who hold regular calls and meetings.

Trustee Recruitment

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Training of trustees

General Trustee responsibilities are considered to be:

  1. Strategic - approving the strategic plan that will fulfil the Search and Rescue Relief Limited’s charitable objectives.

  2. Stewardship - to have responsibility for the Search and Rescue Relief Limited’s assets, their preservation and exploitation, and assessing risks;

  3. Monitoring - to oversee the effective management and delivery of Search and Rescue Relief’s projects;

  4. Promotion of, and advocacy, for Search and Rescue Relief to external clients/partners/stakeholders;

  5. Governance - ensuring that Trustee business is conducted effectively, and that the Trustees’ Code of Governance is followed.

The full Board meets at least once a year to fulfil these responsibilities.

None of the trustees receive remuneration or other benefit from their work with the Search and Rescue Relief Limited.

The trustees review the aims, objectives and activities of the charity regularly.

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Statement of responsibilities of the trustees

Trustees (who are also directors of Search and Rescue Relief Limited for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees’ annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006.

They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £10 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees at 31 October

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2022 was 4. The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime.

Auditors

Godfrey Wilson Limited were appointed as auditors to the charitable company during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.

The trustees’ annual report has been approved by the trustees 18 June 2023 and signed on their behalf by

Dickon Mitchell

Chair of Trustees

18 June 2023

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Independent auditors’ report to the trustees of Search and Rescue Relief Limited

For the year ended 31 October 2022

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Search and Rescue Relief Limited (the 'charity') for the year ended 31 October 2022 which comprise the statement of financial activities, balance sheet, statement of cash flows and the related notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

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Independent auditors’ report to the trustees of Search and Rescue Relief Limited

For the year ended 31 October 2022

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

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Independent auditors’ report to the trustees of Search and Rescue Relief Limited

For the year ended 31 October 2022

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the trustees’ report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of the trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out in the trustees’ report, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The procedures we carried out and

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For the year ended 31 October 2022

the extent to which they are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, are detailed below:

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. Irregularities that arise due to fraud can be even harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

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Independent auditors’ report to the trustees of Search and Rescue Relief Limited

For the year ended 31 October 2022

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Date: 20 June 2023

Alison Godfrey FCA

(Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of:

Godfrey Wilson Limited

Chartered accountants and statutory auditors 5th Floor Mariner House

62 Prince Street

Bristol BS1 4QD

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Statement of financial activities

For the year ended 31 October 2022

For theyear ended 31 October 2022
Note
Income from:
2
3
Cost of raising funds
4
Reconciliation of funds:
Donations
Charitable activities
Boats and Missions
Training School
Total income
Expenditure on:
Total expenditure
Charitable activities
Boats and Missions
Training School
Other income
Investments
6
Net income / (expenditure)
before net gains / (losses)
Total funds carried forward
Transfers between funds
Net income before other
recognised gains and losses
Net losses from fx movements
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Unrestricted
£
208
-
-
1,831
9
Restricted
£
32,283
1,094,865
37,870
4,003
-
2022
Total
£
32,491
1,094,865
37,870
5,834
9
Unrestricted
£
113
-
-
-
6
Restricted
£
40,917
860,939
-
-
-
Restated
2021
Total
£
41,030
860,939
-
-
6
2,048 1,169,021 1,171,069 119 901,856 901,975
17,413
766
47
1,383,547
26,279
1,640
1,400,960
27,045
1,687
-
10,673
-
334,948
478
-
334,948
11,151
-
18,226 1,411,466 1,429,692 10,673 335,426 346,099
(12,145)
(16,178)
12,145
(242,445)
-
(258,623)
-
(10,554)
-
566,430
-
555,876
(28,323)
(8)
(230,300)
(16,344)
(258,623)
(16,352)
(10,554)
-
566,430
(3,936)
555,876
(3,936)
(28,331)
34,262
(246,644)
713,259
(274,975)
747,521
(10,554)
44,816
562,494
150,765
551,940
195,581
5,931 466,615 472,546 34,262 713,259 747,521

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in Note 14 to the financial statements.

Prior period expenditure has been reclassified between activities. These are reclassifications only and have no impact on net movement in funds.

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Balance sheet

Balance sheet
As at 31 October 2022 Company no. 12284792
Note
Fixed assets:
10
Current assets:
11
Liabilities:
12
13
14
Cash at bank and in hand
Tangible fixed assets
Debtors
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted income funds:
General funds
Total net assets
Total charity funds
The funds of the charity:
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Net current assets
£
112,748
81,261
2022
£
295,103
£
66,489
246,252
2021
£
602,641
295,103
177,443
602,641
144,880
194,009
(16,566)
312,741
(167,861)
472,546 747,521
466,615
5,931
713,259
34,262
472,546 747,521

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

Approved by the trustees on 18 June 2023 and signed on their behalf by

Dickon Mitchell Chair of Trustees

Dr Vanessa Sarah Yarwood Trustee

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Statement of cash flows

For the year ended 31 October 2022

For theyear ended 31 October 2022 For theyear ended 31 October 2022
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income / (expenditure) for the reporting period
(as per the statement of financial activities)
Depreciation charges
(Profit) / loss on the disposal of fixed assets
Fixed assets donated to other entities
Dividends, interest and rent from investments
(Increase) in debtors
Increase / (decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by operating activities
Analysis of cash and cash equivalents and of net debt
At 1
November
2021
£
Cash at bank and in hand
246,252
Total cash and cash equivalents
246,252
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Purchase of fixed assets
Proceeds from the sale of fixed assets and non-capitalised equipment
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year
2022
£
(274,975)
212,636
(2,199)
130,724
(9)
(46,259)
(151,295)
2021
£
551,940
50,184
-
-
(6)
(21,007)
162,238
743,349
6
-
(541,927)
(541,921)
201,428
44,824
246,252
Other non-
cash
changes
At 31
October
2022
£
£
-
81,261
-
81,261
2021
£
551,940
50,184
-
-
(6)
(21,007)
162,238
(131,376)
9
5,833
(39,457)
743,349
6
-
(541,927)
(33,615) (541,921)
(164,991)
246,252
201,428
44,824
81,261 246,252
Cash flows
£
(164,991)
246,252 (164,991) - 81,261

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 October 2022

1 Accounting policies

a) Statutory information

Search and Rescue Relief is a charitable company limited by guarantee and is incorporated in the United Kingdom.

The registered office address and principle place of business is Search and Rescue Relief Limited, Unit 7a, Domeview Yard, Tunnel Avenue, Greenwich, SE10 0QE.

b) Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) - (Charities SORP FRS 102), The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy or note.

In applying the financial reporting framework, the trustees have made a number of subjective judgements, for example in respect of significant accounting estimates. Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. The nature of the estimation means the actual outcomes could differ from those estimates. Any significant estimates and judgements affecting these financial statements are detailed within the relevant accounting policy below.

c) Public benefit entity

The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

d) Going concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern despite a small negaive unrestricted free reserves at year end. This is because:

e) Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and that the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred. No government grants were received during the year.

Income received in advance of the provision of a specified service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 October 2022

1 Accounting policies (continued)

f) Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

g) Fund accounting

Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund.

Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources received or generated for the charitable purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.

h) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

i) Grants payable

Provisions for grants are made when the intention to make a grant has been communicated to the recipient but there is uncertainty about either the timing of the grant or the amount of grant payable.

j) Allocation of support costs

Resources expended are allocated to the particular activity where the cost relates directly to that activity. However, the cost of overall direction and administration of each activity, comprising the overhead costs of the central function, is apportioned on the following basis which are an estimate, based on the proportion of total costs, of the amount attributable to each activity.

2022 2021
Boats and Missions 98.0% 96.8%
The Training School 1.9% 3.2%
Raising Funds 0.1% 0.0%

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 October 2022

1 Accounting policies (continued)

j) Allocation of support costs (continued)

Governance costs are the costs associated with the governance arrangements of the charity. These costs are associated with constitutional and statutory requirements and include any costs associated with the strategic management of the charity’s activities.

k) Tangible fixed assets

Items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £1,000 and has a useful economic life of more than 1 year. Depreciation costs are allocated to activities on the basis of the use of the related assets in those activities. Assets are reviewed for impairment if circumstances indicate their carrying value may exceed their net realisable value and value in use. Major components are treated as a separate asset where they have significantly different patterns of consumption of economic benefits and are depreciated separately over its useful life.

Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:

 Specialist Vehicles 10 years  IT Hardware 2-5 years  Rescue equipment and premises fixtures 2-5 years

l) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

m) Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

n) Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

o) Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

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Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 October 2022

Income from donations
Large Donors
Just Giving Donations
Choose Love
Total income from donations
Unrestricted
£
-
208
-
£
10,200
-
22,083
Restricted
2022
Total
£
10,200
208
22,083
Unrestricted
£
-
113
-
£
18,000
-
22,917
Restricted
2021
Total
£
18,000
113
22,917
208 32,283 32,491 113 40,917 41,030
Income from charitable activities
Boats and Missions
Sea Watch
EOS
Other
Total Boats and missions
Louise Michel grant funding
Training School
Sea Watch
Total Training School
Total income from charitable activities
Unrestricted
-
-
-
£
109,905
121,786
863,174
Restricted
2022
Total
£
109,905
121,786
863,174
Unrestricted
£
-
-
-
£
679,071
-
181,868
Restricted
2021
Total
£
679,071
-
181,868
- 1,094,865 1,094,865 - 860,939 860,939
-
-
32,870
5,000
32,870
5,000
- -
-
-
-
- 37,870 37,870 - - -
- 1,132,735 1,132,735 - 860,939 860,939

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Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 October 2022

Analysis of expenditure (current year)
Equipment, work and rescue provisions
Bunkering
Marine services
Freelance staff
Medical
Travel, accommodation and subsistence
Training
Grants to partner organisations (note 5)
IT and office
Premises
Professional fees and insurance
Bank fees
Vehicle costs
Shipping and other
Write off of fixed assets
Irrecoverable VAT
Depreciation
Support costs
Governance costs
Total expenditure 2022
Total expenditure 2021
Raising funds
£
-
-
-
1,640
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Charitable activities Governance
costs
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7,200
-
-
-
-
-
-
Support
costs
£
4,798
-
-
-
-
242
-
560
682
12,300
6,554
-
563
4,190
-
-
3,419
2022
Total
£
161,014
17,567
22,136
47,099
10,790
102,722
2,582
750,869
25,065
12,300
26,881
561
650
31,969
1,740
3,111
212,636
2021
Total
- restated
£
77,929
-
7,365
18,967
13,398
61,680
1,922
41,197
8,521
13,519
18,689
301
1,328
16,705
-
14,394
50,184
Boats and
Missions
£
144,616
17,525
22,136
44,711
10,673
99,384
2,582
750,309
24,087
-
13,048
561
87
24,134
1,740
3,111
202,561
The Training
School
£
11,600
42
-
748
117
3,096
-
-
296
-
79
-
-
3,645
-
-
6,656
26,279
630
136
27,045
11,151
1,640
39
8
1,361,265
32,639
7,056
7,200
-
(7,200)
33,308
(33,308)
-
1,429,692
-
-
346,099
-
-
1,687 1,400,960 - - 1,429,692 346,099
- 334,948 - -

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Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 October 2022

Equipment, work and rescue provisions
Marine services
Freelance staff
Medical
Travel, accommodation and subsistence
Training
Grants to partner organisations (note 5)
IT and office
Premises
Professional fees and insurance
Bank fees
Vehicle costs
Shipping and other
Irrecoverable VAT
Depreciation
Support costs
Governance costs
Total expenditure 2021
Charitable activities Charitable activities Governance
costs
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,300
-
-
-
-
-
3,300
-
(3,300)
-
Support
costs
£
4,268
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13,519
2,550
-
1,155
3,511
459
945
26,407
(26,407)
-
2021
Total
£
77,929
7,365
18,967
13,398
61,680
1,922
41,197
8,521
13,519
18,689
301
1,328
16,705
14,394
50,184
Boats and
Missions
£
70,111
7,365
18,967
13,398
61,680
1,922
41,197
8,521
-
11,410
301
173
10,097
13,935
47,121
306,198
25,556
3,194
The Training
School
£
3,550
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,429
-
-
3,097
-
2,118
10,194
851
106
346,099
-
-
334,948 11,151 346,099

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Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 October 2022

5 Grant making (current year)

Grant making (current year)
At the end of the year
Cost
Eos Shipping gUG
Zusammenland gUG
Handbreit
Grants to
institutions
£
617,575
130,724
2,570
2022
£
617,575
130,724
2,570
Grants to
institutions
£
41,197
-
-
2021
£
41,197
-
-
750,869 750,869 41,197 41,197

We act as a partner to Handbreit - Nautical Safety Solutions gGmbH in the running of the Louise Michel, granting income to them to support their costs.

We transferred ownership of the Aurora (Trent) to Eos Shipping gUG in October 2022.

We granted goods and money to the value of £2,570 to Zusammenland qUG

There were no grant commitments outstanding at the end of the year.

6 Net income / (expenditure) for the year

This is stated after charging / (crediting):

This is stated after charging / (crediting):
2022 2021
£ £
Depreciation 212,636 50,184
Loss or profit on disposal of fixed assets 2,199 -
Audit Fee:
Audit (Prior year Independent Examination) 7,200 3,300
Foreign exchange gains or losses 16,352 3,936

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Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 October 2022

We had no staff in either the 2021/22 or 2020/21 financial years.

The charity trustees were neither paid nor received any other benefits from employment with the charity in the year (2021: £nil). No charity trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2021: £nil).

In 2022 two trustees incurred £46,095 of expenses on behalf of the charity (2021 one trustee incurred £30,275 of expenses). Of this £15,093 was for travel, acommodation and subsistence while conducting charity business including direct voluntary work on projects, and £31,002 was for spend on behalf of the charity (£1,855 and £28,420 in 2021).

8 Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions in the year.

There were no Trustee payments for services. Trustee expenses while conducting charitable activities were reimbursed as well as for spend on behalf of the charity.

There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties (2021: £nil).

9 Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.

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Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 October 2022

For theyear ended 31 October 2022 For theyear ended 31 October 2022
10
£
632,423
38,979
(201,746)
469,656
55,454
205,559
(67,387)
193,626
276,030
576,969
Rescue equipment and
premises fixtures &
fittings
Tangible fixed assets
Cost
At the start of the prior year
At the end of the year
At the start of the year
Charge for the year
At the start of the year
Additions in year
Depreciation
Net book value
At the end of the year
Eliminated on disposal
At the end of the year
Disposals in year
IT Hardware
£
8,796
478
-
Specialist
Vehicles
£
23,785
-
-
Total
£
665,004
39,457
(201,746)
469,656 9,274 23,785 502,715
55,454
205,559
(67,387)
4,400
2,460
-
2,509
4,617
-
62,363
212,636
(67,387)
193,626 6,860 7,126 207,612
276,030 2,414 16,659 295,103
576,969 4,396 21,276 602,641

All of the above assets are used for charitable purposes.

11 Debtors

11
Debtors
12
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Accruals
Trade debtors
Loans from partner
Income in advance
Other debtors
Accrued income
Trade creditors
2022
£
10,345
2,342
100,061
2021
£
-
4,113
62,376
112,748 66,489
2022
£
4,266
-
-
12,300
2021
£
6,448
106,933
2,083
52,397
16,566 167,861

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Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 October 2022

13a Analysis of net assets between funds (current year)

Analysis of net assets between funds (current year)
Net assets at 31 October 2022
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets
General
unrestricted
£
6,901
(970)
Restricted
£
288,202
178,413
Total funds
£
295,103
177,443
5,931 466,615 472,546

There is a small negative balance on unrestricted net current assets as at year end. For further details of our assessment of going concern see Note 1(d).

13b Analysis of net assets between funds (prior year)

Analysis of net assets between funds (prior year)
Net assets at 31 October 2021
Net current assets
Tangible fixed assets
General
unrestricted
£
20,685
13,577
Restricted
£
581,956
131,303
Total
funds
£
602,641
144,880
34,262 713,259 747,521

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Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 October 2022

14a Movements in funds (current year)

Restricted funds:
Total restricted funds
General funds
Workshop Truck
The Trent Project
The Training School
Choose Love
The RHIB Project
Other Restricted Funds
Total funds
Total unrestricted funds
The ARRC Project
Louise Michel
At 1
November
2021
£
118,856
14,003
-
258,379
268,123
45,818
-
8,080
Income &
gains
£
863,174
-
41,874
192,593
45,097
-
10,200
16,083
Expenditure &
FX losses
£
(781,278)
(2,479)
(26,283)
(468,209)
(104,349)
(21,289)
(10,200)
(13,723)
Transfers
£
(1,328)
3,109
5,874
19,361
(6,791)
-
-
(8,080)
At 31
October
2022
£
199,424
14,633
21,465
2,124
202,080
24,529
-
2,360
713,259 1,169,021 (1,427,810) 12,145 466,615
34,262 2,048 (18,234) (12,145) 5,931
34,262 2,048 (18,234) (12,145) 5,931
747,521 1,171,069 (1,446,044) - 472,546

Transfers

A transfer was made from general funds to the Workshop Truck to ensure year end reserves fully cover the remaining net book value of project fixed assets.

A transfer was made from general gunds to the Trent Project to cover project overspend and to ensure year end reserves fully cover the remaining net book value of project fixed assets. In addition a transfer was made to reflect minor reclassication in prior year costs and fixed assets.

A transfer was made from the Louise Michel to general gunds to reflect minor reclassification in prior year costs and fixed assets.

A transfer was made from Choose Love Restricted Reserves to general funds to cover the depreciation costs to the Premises as funded by Choose Love in 2020/21.

A transfer was made from Choose Love Restricted Reserves to the Training School to cover the depreciation costs to the A75 as funded by Choose Love in 2020/21.

A transfer was made from The RHIB Project to General Funds to cover premises and insurance costs relating to storage. In addition a transfer was made to reflect minor reclassification in prior year costs.

A transfer was made from the Training School to general funds to cover premises and insurance costs relating to storage. In addition a transfer was made to reflect minor reclassification in prior year costs.

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Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 October 2022

14b Movements in funds (prior year)

Movements in funds (prior year) - -
Restricted funds:
Total restricted funds
Total funds
Total unrestricted funds
The Trent Project
The RHIB Project
The ARRC Project
Choose Love
Louise Michel
Workshop Truck
General funds
At 1
November
2020
£
133,636
17,129
-
-
-
-
Income &
gains
£
199,868
-
343,934
286,101
49,036
22,917
Expenditure &
FX losses
£
(214,648)
(3,126)
(85,555)
(17,978)
(3,218)
(14,837)
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
At 31
October
2021
£
118,856
14,003
258,379
268,123
45,818
8,080
150,765 901,856 (339,362) - 713,259
44,816 119 (10,673) - 34,262
44,816 119 (10,673) - 34,262
195,581 901,975 (350,035) - 747,521

14c Purposes of restricted funds

The Louise Michel - for the purchase, build, kit out and operation of the search and rescue boat the Louise Michel

The year end reserve includes accrued income relating to funding for October 2022 costs already incurred. This funding was transferred to project partner Handbreit in November 2022.

The Workshop Truck - for the purchase, kit out and running of the maintenance Workshop Truck.

Training School - for the set up and operation of a training school based in Newhaven to provide tailored small boat training, covering experience on/in water, equipment training, and the practical skills required to be part of a mission crew, involving maritime, medical elements and SAR scenario exercises, during both day and night.

The Trent Project - for the purchase, build and kit out of a second-hand RNLI Trent Lifeboat to provide high speed support to search and rescue teams operating in the Mediteranean.

The RHIB Project - for the technical preperation and build of 3 new specialist search and rescue RHIBs for mobilisation on the Sea-Watch 3.

The year end reserve includes Sea-Watch funding which may be repaid to Sea-Watch once the project is finalised.

The ARRC Project - this project was an experimental project that only finished its first phase.

Other - This is funding for the year end audit and accounts preparation.

Choose Love - Choose Love, the trading name for Prism, provided core funding for investment in to cover rent and fundraising costs, as well as support for the Trent Project, the Training School and for repairs to specialist equipment.

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Search and Rescue Relief Limited

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 October 2022

15 Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The liability of each member in the event of winding up is limited to £10.

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