# NORTH EAST WALES SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1192256
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 10, 2020
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1192256


## Contact

- **Address:** Colomendy Centre, Ruthin Road, Loggerheads, MOLD, Clwyd
- **Postcode:** CH7 5LB
- **Phone:** 01352810494
- **Email:** secretary@newsar.org.uk
- **Website:** www.newsar.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS ENDANGERED BY ACCIDENTS OR NATURAL HAZARDS, AND TO ASSIST IN THE SAVING OF LIVES AND THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS BY  A) THE PROVISION OF EFFICIENT TRAINED RESOURCES TO RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS FOR THE SEARCH AND RESCUE OF MISSING AND/OR VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND B) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN THE PRIMARY AREA OF OPERATION OF THE TEAM - THIS WILL BE THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF NORTH EAST WALES AND CHESHIRE. THE SECONDARY AREA SHALL BE THE REMAINDER OF NORTH WALES, THE COUNTIES OF MID WALES AND THE ENGLISH COUNTIES ADJOINING THE PRIMARY AREA. THEREAFTER, THE TEAM MAY RENDER ASSISTANCE IN THE REMAINDER OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD, AS REQUESTED.

**Activities:** We provide Search and Rescue of the vulnerable and missing, we rescue the injured from hazardous locations including mountains, quarries, urban areas, rivers, lakes and floodwater. We also recover the deceased from isolated or hazardous locations. The medical treatments are provided by trained members of the team. We operate in Conway, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Powys and Wrexham.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cheshire West & Chester
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Powys
- Shropshire
- Wirral
- Wrexham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £93499 | £69643 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £389875 | £64685 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £0 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Anthony Robert Haigh** (Chair) — appointed March 15, 2023
- Amanda Ann Norton — appointed March 13, 2013
- Christopher Griffiths — appointed March 11, 2015
- Damon Winterbottom — appointed March 15, 2023
- Lucy Morris — appointed May 1, 2024
- Mark Palmer — appointed May 21, 2025
- Rebecca Ashcroft — appointed March 11, 2015