
**Charity Name No (if any) Northamptonshire Search and Rescue 1195265 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from 22/07/2021 31/10/2022** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**36,963**<br>**1,800**<br>**6,738**<br>**3,801**<br>**869**<br>**89**<br>**-**<br>**50,260**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**50,260**<br>**6,304**<br>**587**<br>**7,826**<br>**3,659**<br>**6,398**<br>**901**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **25,675**<br>**9,799**<br>**-**<br> **9,799**<br>**35,474**<br>**14,786**<br>**-**<br>**22,669**<br>**37,455**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**15,320**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**15,320**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**15,320**<br>**-**<br>**876**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,501**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,377**<br>**10,302**<br>**-**<br>**10,302**<br>**12,679**<br>**2,641**<br>**-**<br>**54,625**<br>**57,266**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**36,963**<br>**15,320**<br>**1,800**<br>**6,738**<br>**3,801**<br>**869**<br>**89**<br>**-**<br>**65,580**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**65,580**<br>**6,304**<br>**1,463**<br>**7,826**<br>**3,659**<br>**7,899**<br>**901**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**28,052**<br>**20,101**<br>**-**<br>**20,101**<br>**48,153**<br> <br>**17,427**|||
|Donations|**36,963**||||||
|Grants|||||||
|Events|**1,800**||||||
|Members contributions|**6,738**||||||
|VAT refunds|**3,801**||||||
|Other|**869**||||||
|Interest|**89**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**50,260**||||||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|Search operations costs|**6,304**||||||
|Medical & other consumables|**587**||||||
|Subscriptions and insurances|**7,826**||||||
|Vehicle fuel and runningcosts|**3,659**||||||
|Training|**6,398**||||||
|Other|**901**||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**25,675**||||||
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
|Equipment|**9,799**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**9,799**||||||
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Funds transferred from**<br>**Northamptonshire Search and**<br>**Rescue - Charity No: 1155712**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
||**14,786**|**2,641**|**-**|<br>**17,427**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**22,669**|**54,625**|**-**|**77,294**||**-**|
||**37,455**|**57,266**|**-**|**94,721**||**-**|



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>Cash at bank|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**37,455**<br>**-**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**57,266**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Cash at bank|**37,455**|**57,266**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|



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|||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**_Total cash funds_**||**37,455**||**57,266**||**-**|
|||(agree balances with receipts and payments|||||||
|||account(s))||OK||OK||OK|
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|||||**funds**||**funds**||**funds**|
|||**Details**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2**|**Other monetary assets**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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## **B3 Investment assets** 

## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** 

## **B5 Liabilities** 

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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|||**Fund to which**||**Current value**|
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|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Landrover Defender 1.10 - ambulance<br>ConvertedPeugeot- Incident Control Unit<br>4x4 response vehicle<br>Search & rescue equipment<br>Drone<br>**Details**||**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**(optional)**|
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|Signature|Print Name<br>John Frostwick<br>Nicholas Strelczuk|Date of<br>approval|
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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 22 July 2021  To 31 October 2022** 

## **Charity name: Northamptonshire Search and Rescue** 

## **Charity registration number: 1195265** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The charity shall relieve the suffering and<br>distress amongst persons, in particular by:<br>1. The provision of trained resources to the<br>Police, other emergency services, Local<br>Authorities and other Search and Rescue<br>organisations.<br>2. To assist statutory authorities for the<br>relief of those in need in emergencies.<br>3. The provision of useful training and skills<br>to members and to the public.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Our services are entirely voluntary.<br>Incidents we may be called upon include<br>where the location of a high risk missing<br>person is unknown, flooding or welfare<br>checks.<br>Team members are highly trained in a<br>variety of skills including search<br>techniques, search planning, navigation,<br>radio operation, first aid, swift water rescue<br>and bank search.<br>Searches are coordinated through a<br>Search Manager, Search Operations and<br>Search Planner. Each team operates with a<br>Team Leader, Comms, Navigation and<br>Medic.<br>We work closely with the Police, Fire<br>Service and Local Authority who contact us<br>when our services are required.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have complied with their duty<br>to have due regard to the commission's<br>public benefit guidance.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making 



Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The charity assisted the Emergency<br>Services with 78 incidents, some multiple<br>days in duration, covering the search for<br>high risk missing persons and responding<br>to flooding.<br>A total of 103 training exercises and<br>sessions were conducted covering a broad<br>range of subjects.<br>We ran or attended 14 events which<br>included fundraising events, first aid event<br>cover and training, and community<br>engagement.<br>A total of 6059 hours were volunteered<br>towards the Charity and the Community.<br>There were five Swiftwater and Flood<br>Rescue Technician requalified; four new<br>Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technicians;<br>two Swiftwater and Flood Rescue<br>Technician Team Leaders; one Search<br>Planner; and one Training, Assessing and<br>Quality Assurance Assessor trained.<br>We ran a two recruitment campaigns in<br>2022. From these, sixteen members were<br>inducted into the team.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|
|---|---|





|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The Trustees have reviewed the financial<br>position of the Charity and are happy we<br>have a strong balance sheet.<br>There is £57,266 of reserved funds for a<br>new vehicle purchase and equipment.<br>There is also £11,985.34 which has been<br>earmarked for various projects.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The purpose of the Reserves Policy is to<br>ensure the ongoing operations of the<br>charity. The reserves are intended to<br>provide a source of funds for situations<br>such as an unexpected cashflow problem<br>and to cover contingency plans such as<br>unexpected expenditure.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£22,800|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 



|social investment policy<br>adopted|||
|---|---|---|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed or reappointed<br>annually the Annual General Meeting by<br>the members.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Northamptonshire Search and Rescue|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|NSAR|
|Registered charity number|1195265|
|Charity’s principal address|16 Neale Close<br>Wollaston<br>Wellingborough<br>NN29 7UT|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Mark Stuart<br>Lawson|Chair|22 July 2021 to 10<br>November 2021||
||Ian Mark Horton|Vice Chair|22 July 2021 to 10<br>November 2021||
||John James<br>Frostwick|Treasurer|22 July 2021 to present||
||Christopher Sean<br>Bohin|Membership<br>Secretary|22 July 2021 to 10<br>November 2021||
||Paul John Marlow|Medical Officer|22 July 2021 to 10<br>November 2021||
||Gareth Lewis<br>Williams|Fundraising Officer|22 July 2021 to 10<br>November 2021||
||Nicholas George<br>Strelczuk|Chair|10 November 2021 to<br>present||
||Kyle Joseph Burke|Vice Chair|10 November 2021 to<br>present||
||Martin David<br>Bourne|Training Officer|10 November 2021 to<br>present||
||Emily Rose<br>Cockerill|Secretary|10 November 2021 to<br>present||
||Annalise Kerr|Equipment Officer|8 April 2022 topresent||
||Andrew Paul<br>Chatwin|Medical Officer|8 April 2022 to present||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 



## **Other optional information** 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** _N. Strelczuk_ **Full name(s)** Nicholas Strelczuk **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 15/12/2022 




## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Northamptonshire Search and Rescue **On accounts for the** 31 October 2022 **Charity no** 1195265 **period ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 - 2 (remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the period ended 31/10/2022 

- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** 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 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: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

**Date:** 16/12/2022 **Signed: Name:** Steven Jones ACA **Relevant professional** Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** c/o Cube Partners Limited Chartered Accountants 5 Giffard Court, Millbrook Close Northampton. NN5 5JF 

**October 2018** 

1 

**IER** 



**Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

**October 2018** 

2 

**IER** 

