# SEVERN AREA RESCUE ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1193634
- **Other names:** SARA, SEVERN RESCUE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 23, 2021
- **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=1193634


## Contact

- **Address:** SEVERN AREA RESCUE ASSOCIATION, THE LIFEBOAT AND RESCUE STATION, BEACHLEY, CHEPSTOW
- **Postcode:** NP16 7HH
- **Phone:** 03448460226
- **Email:** info@sara-rescue.org.uk
- **Website:** www.sara-rescue.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A RESCUE SERVICE (INCORPORATING BOTH MARINE OPERATIONS AND LAND OPERATIONS) WITH, IN PARTICULAR, SPECIALIST SKILLS IN SWIFT WATER / FLOOD, LAND SEARCH, LIFEBOATS, RESCUE BOATS, MARINE RESCUE AND CLIFF RESCUE.TO ASSIST GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES AND COUNTY AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THEIR PROVISION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES; ANDTO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN OUTDOOR SAFETY, PARTICULARLY IN AND AROUND WATER.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO'S OBJECTS, THE PRINCIPAL AREA OF MARINE OPERATIONS COMPRISES THE BRISTOL CHANNEL AND THE SEVERN, WYE, AVON, AND USK RIVERS (AND THEIR RESPECTIVE TRIBUTARIES) AND LAND OPERATIONS PRINCIPALLY EXTEND TO SOUTH EAST WALES, THE WEST OF ENGLAND AND THE MIDLANDS.

**Activities:** Lifeboat and inland search and rescue, including flood and cliff rescue and missing person search, on the Severn, Wye, Usk and other rivers, and across Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and parts of SE Wales, Herefordshire and beyond.   Activities were conducted by SARA as Charity 505504 prior to 1 Jan 2022




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Gloucestershire
- Herefordshire
- Monmouthshire
- Shropshire
- Worcestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £342764 | £315842 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £356821 | £267853 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £274205 | £268036 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £274205 | £268036 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Christopher John Burgess — appointed March 23, 2025
- David Hill — appointed March 22, 2026
- Gareth Raymond — appointed Oct. 27, 2024
- Judith Mary Harvey — appointed May 8, 2022
- Keith Andrew Beckett CBE — appointed May 8, 2022
- Mark George Carwardine — appointed Jan. 1, 2022
- Shaun Robinson Egan — appointed May 8, 2022