||**Northamptonshire Search and Rescue**
**Charity Name**|**Northamptonshire Search and Rescue**
**Charity Name**|**Northamptonshire Search and Rescue**
**Charity Name**|**Northamptonshire Search and Rescue**
**Charity Name**|**Northamptonshire Search and Rescue**
**Charity Name**|**1195265**
**No (if any)**|**1195265**
**No (if any)**|**1195265**
**No (if any)**|**1195265**
**No (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**||**01/11/2022**
Period start date||**To**||**31/10/2023**
Period end date||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**36,323**
**2,000**
**8,203**
**3,637**
**13,773**
**848**
**779**

**65,563**
**8,500**
**-**
**8,500**
**74,063**
**4,152**
**1,240**
**8,901**
**5,855**
**6,972**
**2,283**
**197**
**-**
**-**
**29,600**
**6,772**
**-**
**6,772**
**36,372**
**37,691**
**-**
**-**
**37,455**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**2,625**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,625**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,625**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**58,391**
**-**
**58,391**
**58,391**
**- 55,766**
**-**
**-**
**57,266**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**36,323**
**4,625**
**8,203**
**3,637**
**13,773**
**848**
**779**
**-**
**68,188**
**8,500**
**-**
**8,500**||| |Donations|**36,323**||||||||| |Grants|**2,000**||||||||| |Events|**8,203**||||||||| |Members contributions|**3,637**||||||||| |VAT refunds|**13,773**||||||||| |Other|**848**||||||||| |Interest|**779**||||||||| ||||||||||| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**65,563**||||||||| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| |Landrover - ambulance|**8,500**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_**|**8,500**||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||**76,688**||**65,580**| ||||||||**4,152**
**1,240**
**8,901**
**5,855**
**6,972**
**2,283**
**197**
**-**
**-**
**29,600**
**65,163**
**-**
**65,163**
**94,763**
**- 18,075**
**-**
**-**
**94,721**||| |Search operations costs|**4,152**||||||||| |Medical & other consumables|**1,240**||||||||| |Subscriptions and insurances|**8,901**||||||||| |Vehicle fuel and runningcosts|**5,855**||||||||| |Training|**6,972**||||||||| |Fundraisingcosts|**2,283**||||||||| |Other|**197**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**29,600**||||||||| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| |Equipment|**6,772**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**6,772**||||||||| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**Funds transferred from**
**Northamptonshire Search and**
**Rescue - Charity No: 1155712**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||**37,691**||**- 55,766**||**-**||**- 18,075**||**17,427**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**77,294**| ||**37,455**||**57,266**||**-**||**94,721**||| ||**75,146**||**1,500**||**-**||**76,646**||**94,721**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 12/12/2023 1 **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**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|_N Strelczuk_
**Signature**
_J Frostwick_
**Details**
**Details**
Peugeot Van - Incident Control Unit
Toyota 4x4 - Response vehicle
Mercedes Van - Incident Support Vehicle
Drone
Search & rescue equipment
Cash at bank
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**75,146**
**1,500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**75,146**
**1,500**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted Funds
**-**
Unrestricted Funds
**-**
Restricted funds
**-**
Restricted /
Unrestricted Funds
**-**
Restricted /
Unrestricted Funds
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
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**Print Name**
John Frostwick
Nicholas Strelczuk|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||**Date of**
**approval**| ||_J Frostwick_|John Frostwick|08/12/2023| ||_N Strelczuk_|Nicholas Strelczuk|08/12/2023| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 12/12/2023 2 ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/11/2022 To 31/10/2023 Charity name: Northamptonshire Search & Rescue** ## **Charity registration number: 1195265** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The charity shall relieve the suffering and
distress amongst persons, in particular by:
1. The provision of trained resources to the
Police, other emergency services, Local
Authorities and other Search and Rescue
organisations.
2. To assist statutory authorities for the
relief of those in need in emergencies.
3. The provision of useful training and skills
to members and to the public.| |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|Our services are entirely voluntary.
Incidents we may be called upon include
where the location of a high risk missing
person is unknown, flooding or welfare
checks.
Team members are highly trained in a
variety of skills including search
techniques, search planning, navigation,
radio operation, first aid, swift water rescue
and bank search.
Searches are coordinated through a
Search Manager, Search Operations and
Search Planner. Each team operates with a
Team Leader, Comms, Navigation and
Medic.
We work closely with the Police, Fire
Service and Local Authority who contact us
when our services are required.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have complied with their duty
to have due regard to the commission's
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
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|The charity assisted the Emergency
Services with 82 incidents, some multiple
days in duration, covering the search for
high risk missing persons and responding
to flooding.
A total of 146 training exercises and
sessions were conducted covering a broad
range of subjects.
We ran or attended 248 events which
included fundraising events, first aid event
cover and training, and community
engagement.
A total of 9107 hours were volunteered
towards the Charity and the Community.
We trained three Search Ops, four Team
Leaders, six FREC 3 and 17 members in
Lost Person Behaviour.
We ran a two recruitment campaigns in
2023. From these, fourteen members were
inducted into the team.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Trustees have reviewed the financial
position of the Charity and are happy we
have a strong balance sheet.
There are £1,500 of reserved funds for
projects. There is also £32,801.17 which
has been earmarked for various other
projects, budgets and expenses.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The purpose of the Reserves Policy is to
ensure the ongoing operations of the
charity. The reserves are intended to
provide a source of funds for situations
such as an unexpected cashflow problem
and to cover contingency plans such as
unexpected expenditure.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£39,800| |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| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|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 are appointed or reappointed
annually the Annual General Meeting by
the members.| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |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
Wollaston
Wellingborough
NN29 7UT| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nicholas George
Strelczuk|Chair||| ||Kyle Joseph Burke|Vice Chair||| ||John James
Frostwick|Treasurer||| ||Martin David
Bourne|Training Officer||| ||Emily Rose
Cockerill|Secretary||| ||Annalise Kerr|Equipment Officer||| ||Andrew Paul
Chatwin|Medical Officer||| ||David Hough|Membership
Secretary|29 November 2022 to
present|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|_J Frostwick_|_N Strelczuk_| |---|---|---| ||John James Frostwick|Nicholas George Strelczuk| ||
Treasurer|Chair| ||8/12/2023|| ||8/12/2023|| ## **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 year** 31 October 2023 **Charity no** 1195265 **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 year ended 31/10/2023 - **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:** 12/12/2023 **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**