## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/11/22 Period start date To 31/10/23** ## **Period end date** **Charity name: London Search and Rescue** ## **Charity registration number: 1192257** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects of the charity are to preserve**
**and protect 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|**In pursuit of the charity’s objects,**
**London Search and Rescue provides and**
**maintains an emergency search and**
**rescue service for the benefit of the**
**public by:**
**(1) The provision of a dedicated and**
**trained volunteer service to assist**
**the emergency services in the**
**operation of search and rescue**
**within London; and**
**(2) By the provision of support to**
**other search and rescue**
**organisations across the UK 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 confirm that in fulfilling**
**their obligations and discharging their**
**duties in respect of London Search and**
**Rescue that they have regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**London Search and Rescue is a charity**
**run entirely by volunteers. Our volunteers**
**consist of trustees, the senior leadership**
**team, support services and operational**
**teams.**
**It is our operational teams who undertake**
**our search and rescue operations and**
**form the bedrock of the charity’s**
**activities. Our operational teams are on-**
**call to attend any call-outs day or night**
**within the whole of the Greater London**
**area.**| **During the year the charity organised continuous development and training for existing search operatives and organised training for new search operatives. The operational teams are supported by volunteers with considerable expertise in specialist support including IT, data management, human resources, communications and marketing, risk management and legal. The operational teams and support services teams are managed and supervised by a senior leadership team that reports to the trustees.** ## **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|**In the year from 1 November 2022 to 31**
**October 2023, London Search and**
**Rescue has been called-out to assist**
**emergency services in the operation of**
**search and rescue of missing and**
**vulnerable people on 48 occasions**
**totalling 1,500 hours of volunteer search**
**activity.**
**These searches have benefitted the**
**individuals concerned, their loved ones**
**and the wider community.**| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At 31 October 2023 cash at bank totalled**
**£157,046 (2022: £110,495), of which**
**£21,903 (2022: £24,059) was unrestricted**
**funds and £135,143 (2022: £86,436) of**
**restricted funds.**
**Total income received was £204,047**
**(2022: £125,733).**
**During the year London Search and**
**Rescue received the balance of £170,000**
**for the purchase of two new Incident**
**Control Vehicles (the total donation**
**received was £251,500).**
**Total expenditure was £27,058 (2022:**
**£38,933) plus a further £130,437 (2022:**
**£20,000) on vehicles.**
**As mentioned in last year’s report, a**| |---|---|---| |||**£20,000 deposit was paid to a company**
**supplying the original vehicle that**
**subsequently went into administration;**
**the charity continues to pursue**
**recovering this money.**
**The charity received unrestricted**
**income totalling £8,947 generated via**
**various fundraising activities,**
**donations, and grants for which we**
**continue to be exceptionally grateful to**
**all contributors. The funds have helped**
**to improve the operational capabilities,**
**including running medical courses,**
**upgrading and replacing much needed**
**equipment and to pay for the running**
**costs of the existing incident control**
**vehicles.**
**The charity also successfully applied for**
**National Lottery Community Fund**
**grants totalling £20,000, £10,000 to**
**enhance our Air / Drone capabilities and**
**£10,000 for night vision and specialist**
**lighting equipment.**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Incomes received during the year are**
**spent to achieve the stated aims,**
**objectives and activities of the charity**
**and in line with any requirements of**
**donors or grant awarding bodies. Any**
**surplus funds are carried forward to be**
**utilised in future years. The charity**
**aims to hold only sufficient unrestricted**
**reserves to cover one year of running**
**costs in the event that income levels**
**decrease substantially due to**
**unforeseen circumstances. **| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Unrestricted Reserve:**
**£21,903 (£2022: £24,059)**
**Restricted Reserve:**
**£135,143 (2022: £86,436)**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The Charity is governed by its**
**Constitution.**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The Charity is a charitable incorporated**
**organisation (CIO).**| |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|**Trustees can be appointed in three ways:**
**(1) By election**
**(2) By nomination (with the**
**nomination entity being the Board**
**of Trustees)**
**(3) Ex officio (chair only)**| **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|**Prior to nomination / election trustees are**
**provided with an information and briefing**
**pack which clearly defines their**
**responsibilities and obligations.**
**Following nomination / election, trustees**
**are offered legal training to review their**
**legal obligations in more depth and**
**established trustees are offered refresher**
**training on their legal obligations.**
**These policies and procedures are**
**currently the subject of a review and**
**refresh as part of the charity’s overall**
**focus on improving and strengthening its**
**governance. In this respect the charity**
**has recently appointed a Charity**
**Secretary as well as a number of support**
**specialists to support improved**
**governance.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The operational teams and support**
**services teams are managed and**
**supervised by a Senior Leadership Team**
**(SLT). The SLT reports to the trustees**
**formally through reports to the Trustees**
**ahead of Trustee board meetings and**
**informally as necessary and appropriate.**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**None**| |Other||**The Board of Trustees operates a risk**
**register and a register of conflicts, both**
**of which documents are periodically**
**reviewed to ensure they remain current.**| **The Board of Trustees has a schedule of meetings set out for the year to ensure that risks, finance and funding are continuously reviewed, as well as other issues that arise during the course of the year. The trustees also meet informally from time to time when necessary and are on hand to deal with urgent issues that might arise.** ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**London Search and Rescue**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**LONSARor LondonSAR**| |Registered charity number|**1192257 **| |Charity’s principal address|**The Warren, Croydon Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7AL.**| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |




|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Paul Lewis**|**Chair**||| ||**Sean McCarry**|**Internal**
**development**||| ||**Steve Wood**|**Operational**
**development**||| ||**Steve McGowan**|**Training and**
**accreditation**||| ||**Chris Murphy**|**Support services**||| ||**Duncan Hardy**|**Support services**||| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Paul Lewis **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** |**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**| |---|---| |**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**
**Responsibilities and**
**basis of report**|Charity Name
London Search and Rescue
31 October 2023
**Charity no**
**(if any)**
1192257
8&9
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/10/2023.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(“the Act”).| I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Date:** 12/08/2024 **Signed: Name:** Kathleen Moss **Relevant professional** Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 48 Lawn Terrace, London, SE3 9LP **Oct 2018** **IER** 1 **Charity Name No (if any) London Serach and Rescue 1192257 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01 November 2022 31 October 2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**8,947**
**2,134**
**2,500**
**467**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**8,947**
**2,134**
**2,500**
**467**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**190,000**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**190,000**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**8,947**
**192,134**
**2,500**
**467**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**204,047**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**204,047**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Fundraising|**8,947**||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**8,947**|**21,609**| |Operations|**2,134**||**190,000**|||**192,134**|**100,429**| |Training|**2,500**||**-**|||**2,500**|**1,994**| |Support|**467**||**-**|||**467**|**1,701**| |Trustees and Directors(insurance and|o
**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|
**14,047**||**190,000**|||**204,047**|**125,733**| |**(**|||||||| |**,**
**table).**|||||||| |Kit Loan|**-**||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**3,000**| |Vehicle|**-**|||||**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|**3,000**| |**_Total receipts_**|||||||| ||**14,047**||||**-**|**204,047**|**128,733**| ## **A3 Payments** |**A3 Payments**|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Fundraising|||||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**3,026**| |Operations|||||**6,795**||**9,040**||**-**|||**15,835**||**47,299**| |Training|||||**746**||**1,816**||**-**|||**2,561**||**3,760**| |Support|||||**3,306**||**-**||**-**|||**3,306**||**2,238**| |Trustees|and Directors (insurance and other)||||**5,356**||**-**||**-**|||**5,356**||**2,610**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||||**_Sub total_**||**16,203**||**10,855**||**-**|||**27,058**||**58,933**| |||||||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and**||**investment**||||||||||||| |~~**h**~~
Kit Loan|~~**(**~~|~~**bl )**~~||||||||||||| ||||||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Vehicle|||||**-**||**130,437**|||**-**||**130,437**||**-**| ||||**_Sub total_**||**-**||**130,437**|||**-**||**130,437**||**-**| |||||||||||||||| |||**_Total payments_**|||**16,203**||**141,292**|||**-**||**157,495**||**58,933**| |||||||||||||||| ||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|||**-**|**2,156**||**48,708**|||**-**||**46,552**||**69,800**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||||||||||||||| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|||||**24,059**||**86,435**||**-**|||**110,495**||**40,695**| ||**_Cash funds this year end_**||||**21,903**||**135,143**|||**-**||**157,046**||**110,495**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Cash on hand
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
Stock
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Vehicle deposit
Vehicles
Loan
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**21,903**
**135,143**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,903**
**135,143**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
20,000
**-**
130,437
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
3,000
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Steve Wood|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| |||Steve Wood|13 Aug24| |||||