## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
> Period start date **To** Period end date 01 11 2023 31 10 2024
**From**
**Charity name**
The Search and Rescue Dog Association (England)
**Other names charity is known by** Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1194107
**Charity's principal address** 3 Grantlands
Uffculme Devon **Postcode EX15 3ED**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Dates acted if not for whole Trustee name Office (if any) year appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Mark Harrison Chairman Whole year Members at AGM 2 Mark Nesbitt Treasurer Whole year Members at AGM 3 Cathering Davis Secretary Whole year Members at AGM 4 Paul Aitken-Fell Training Officer Whole year Members at AGM
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
1 March **2012**
**TAR**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable incorporated association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by members of the association at an AGM Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
The Object of the association is to train dogs and handlers to assist the Police, Mountain Rescue Teams, or any other organisation involved in the **Summary of the objects of the** search and rescue of persons missing or overdue in the British Isles, in **charity set out in its governing document** situations which will benefit from the use of air-scenting or trailing Search Dogs.
March **2012**
**TAR**
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In the furtherance of the charitable objects, the principal activities of the charity are:
- To develop and enhance the training of search dogs through a graded system of assessment against set criteria
- To promote the use and effective deployment of trained search dogs in England and other parts ofthe British Isles, as required
- ● To promote methods and techniques related to the training and assessment of search dogs to other organisations
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
- To hold regular training courses throughout the year for dog teams at all stages of development
- To provide an assessment service in order to test and verify the ability of dog teams to reach an operational standard, including in adverse conditions
- To liaise with other like-minded organisations
- To raise funds to promote, develop and enhance the work of the association
- The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
3 March **2012**
**TAR**
Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
The charity was dormant for the reporting period whilst awaiting the closure of the unincorporated charity of the same name and transfer of its assets. A limited amount of funds was received from the unincorporated charity to enable the opening of bank accounts.
4 March **2012**
**TAR**
**Section E Financial review**
Not applicable – see below
## **Brief statement of the**
## **charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
Nil
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- The charity’s income this year totalled £11,211, primarily from donations,
- relevant about: legacies, course contributions, and bank interest. Expenditure of £40,477
- ● the charity’s principal was focused on achieving our objectives - particularly accommodation, sources of funds (including travel, and equipment costs directly supporting our volunteers and search any fundraising); dog training programme.
- how expenditure has We do not operate a formal investment policy, but surplus funds are held
- supported the key objectives in low-risk deposit accounts to preserve value and ensure availability
- of the charity; when needed.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Andrew Keen
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chairman
**Date** 24/07/2025
March **2012**
**TAR**
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|||**The Search & Rescue Dog Association**|**The Search & Rescue Dog Association**|**The Search & Rescue Dog Association**|**The Search & Rescue Dog Association**|**The Search & Rescue Dog Association**|**The Search & Rescue Dog Association**|**The Search & Rescue Dog Association**|||**1194107**||||
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|Donations|**-**|**2,669-**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**2,669-**||**-**|**2,000-**|
|Legacies|**-**|**2,210-**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**2,210-**||**-**|**--**|
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|Other Income|**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**|
|Bank Interest|**-**|**4,415-**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**4,415-**||**-**|**13-**|
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
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**to the nearest £**||**Restricted funds**
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**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
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|Donations|**-**
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|Travel & Subsistence|**-**
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**2,140-**||**-**
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**20,746-**||**-**
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