2024-02-29-accounts - The Emergency Response Team Search And Rescue UK

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date	Period end date	Period end date
	Day	Month	Year		Day		Month	Year
From	1	MAR	2023	To	29		FEB	2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM SEARCH AND RESCUE UK Other names charity is known by ERT SAR UK Registered charity number (if any) 1196312 Charity's principal address ERTSAR,


ERTSAR,
c/o BBD Perfect Storm
1 OLIVER'S YARD 4th Floor 55-71 City Road London
Postcode	EC1Y 1HQ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity (Appendix A)

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Gary Foo	Chair	Whole Year
Paul Giles	Treasurer	Whole Year
Virginia Foo		Whole Year
Christopher Kendall		Whole Year
Dr Iain McNeil		Whole Year
Mohammed Asfandeyar Niazi		Whole Year

**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees*)**

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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)

Gary FOO

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Governing Document: Constitution. SOPs govern operations. (eg. trust deed, constitution) A Charity Incorporated Organization (CIO) with no limit on members. How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are Appointed. Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

ERT SAR additionally required to maintain common best practice and legal requirements for humanitarian, medical, rescue and community-based service and other types of organisations etc.

The leadership team meet and speak very frequently and have proactive meetings and training to support the needed governance and administration of the organization as a whole.

Section C Objectives and activities

We were established to provide relief and assistance of people in the UK or any part of the world who are the victims of war or natural disaster, trouble, or catastrophe in particular by the supply of medical aid or search & rescue service to such persons.

We provide training and education to support and that build capacity and resilience. We are also the umbrella body to other organisations.

TAR

SUMMARY

The Emergency Response Team Search and Rescue UK (ERT SAR) is a UK based national and international Disaster Response organization

It is properly organized like an Emergency Service with a structured command and control leadership which aids in the efficiency and safety of the team in an operational setting with associated connections with other organisations which have similar and distinctly different names, but all in the pursuit of ensuring the provision of relief and assistance to people in the time of need.

PUBLIC BENEFIT

In all ERTSAR activities the Founding Trustees established this charity to be free from external influence and pressure which may negatively affect and impact a person’s human rights and the public and humanitarian benefit.

ERT SAR aims to support and help anyone and everyone regardless of their religion, race, sex, age etc and indeed aims to support all EDI (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) best practice.

There is no specific restriction on who receives the benefit and ‘anyone or victim of disasters and emergencies who needs it’ and in as broad and area as we can help, is the general approach pursuant to the charitable aims.

ERT SAR ACTIVITIES

ERT SAR is a well-known recognized organization. We presently have no paid staff and all member and Trustees are unpaid volunteers. We are also able to leverage contacts and partners to donate services and monies directly resulting in very little to no money presently going through the books. We expect this to change by next year, however.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

ACTIVITIES

The ERT SAR organization provides relief and assistance of people in the UK or any part of the world who are the victims of war or natural disaster, trouble, or catastrophe in particular by the supply of medical aid or search & rescue service to such persons.

This includes but is not limited to Search, Rescue, Safety, Security, Leadership, Management, Medical and Logistical services.

We also provide comprehensive training and education to support and that build capacity and resilience with the people and communities.

We are also the umbrella body to other such organisations.

In planning our activities, we always keep in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on greater public benefit, at trustee meetings.

TAR

Achievements and performance

Section D

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The achievements during this fiscal and reporting period revolved around the establishing of the CIO and specifically building and developing the specific administrative and operational activities which would be to the public benefit in a way that ensures that we are able to support the public with the services we provide as well as develop ongoing connections and develop strategic plans and support.

Most all of these was done without any public donations or income, per se, although we expect that to change moving forward.

We have a lot of donated services and operational resources (from accounting and book keeping support to administrative and communications services ensuring that we are set up moving forward.)

We can report that during this period we

Trained people in various resilience programs
Built capacity in local and remote communities
Developed a program for youth in schools and communities
Created freely available resources and training programs
Put out safety and caring messages on several media and channels
Created mental health initiatives and education programs
Supported other organisations in mutually beneficial areas
Established new training and community safety initiatives
Assisted with search, rescue, medical and humanitarian services

At the end of the year we neither reported a loss and gain in income.

TAR

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Trustees have examined the charity's requirements for reserves in light of the main risks to the organisation. It established an original policy whereby once the more proactive fundraising and donations start coming in that the unrestricted funds not committed and held by the charity should be no less than £1000 initially. That being said there are no financial transactions yet this fiscal.

NONE

Further financial review details (Optional information)

As stated above, there are no financial transactions yet this fiscal and all activities have been freely supported with any payments (such as phones and website hosting etc) being freely donated at this time.

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) GARY FOO Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 30 July 2024

TAR

THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM SEARCH & RESCUE UK 1196312

Receipts and payments accounts

For the period Period start date Period end date To from 1 October 2021 28 Feb 2023

Period end date

CC16a

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds

to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £

to the nearest £ to the nearest £

A1 Receipts

Zero in this fiscal	GBP -	-	-	- - - - - - - -	- - - - - - - -
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)		0-	0-	0-	0-

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
Zero in this fiscal	-	-	-	- -	-
	- 0- - - - - - - - - - 0-	-	-
*Sub total*		0-	0-	0-	0-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
			0-	0-

Zero in this fiscal		- - - - - - - - -	- - - - - - - - -	- - - - - - - - -	- - - - - - - - -








*Sub total*		0-	0-	0-	0-

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Zero in this fiscal	-	-	-	- -
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*Sub total*	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*		0- - - 0-
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	0-		0-	0-
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	0-		0-	0-	0-

Although busy, there are zero actual funds in or out to report this fiscal. That will change, but all services and admin were donated.

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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

Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Zero in this fiscal	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
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	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ OK	Restricted funds to nearest £ OK	Endowment funds to nearest £ OK
Zero in this fiscal	0-	0-	0-
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Details Zero in this fiscal Details Zero in this fiscal	Fund to which asset belongs 0 Fund to which asset belongs 0	Cost (optional) Cost (optional) 0- - - - - 0- - -	Current value (optional)
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			Current value (optional) Current Value
Zero in this fiscal			0- - -


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Details Zero in this fiscal	Fund to which liability relates	Amount due ~~(optional)~~ 0- - -	When due (optional)
Zero in this fiscal	0		0


			Date of approval
	Gary Foo Chair		30 July 2024 30 July 2024

Categories Details Zero in this fiscal

B1 Cash funds

B2 Other monetary assets

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 CCXX R2 accounts (SS)