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Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Charity number: 1199047) (CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 23 May 2022)
Board ort Trustees Annual Report and Financial Statement 2024 - 2025
“We shall either find a way or make one”
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The Trustees presents their annual report together with the financial statements of Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters (“SARAID”) for the year ended 31st May 2025. The Board of Trustees confirm that the annual report and financial statements of the charity comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charity’s governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2015).
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On behalf of the Board of Trustees (BofT) I would like to thank the entire membership for its continued work and support in this last year. In particular I would like to thank the Executive Committee (EC) for its continued hard work and leadership.
The EC and the BofT have been working together on a number of projects which will make the charity stronger and allow for future growth.
A new deployment process has been developed and is now working. It allows the EC the freedom to plan and offer support in an event whilst also allowing the trustees to discharge their legal duties of oversight and care of the charity, its members, reputation, and its funds. It was “tested” for the non-deployment to Myanmar and seems to be working well.
The formal delegation of the Trustees' powers to the EC is well underway. We just await the EC to confirm their structure. The delegation is needed in line with the constitution and formalises the process of the EC running SARAID day to day but with the necessary, legal 'oversight' from the trustees. We have all agreed on the two levels of management; BofT and the EC and combined these will provide the leadership and management required. Gary will draw up formal Terms of Reference for the EC in the next few months.
Work on the Safe System of Work continues behind the scenes. This is necessary to allow us to evidence/demonstrate the effectiveness and safety of our training and exercises. This has taken longer than anyone would have liked but is an indication of the issues that needed to be addressed. The hard work of the training and operations teams have brought this work very close to being complete and we as trustees greatly appreciate that hard work. It is hoped this will be completed before this year's Ops Assessment in September 2025.
Due to a recent bequest, SARAID is in a good financial position. However, without that bequest, we would be £30k poorer than this time last year. We must ensure we balance our activities and plans with our income including fund raising. The big expenses are insurance, medical indemnity, EC/trustee indemnity and the various equipment replacements that have been required over the past year.
We as a charity are in a very strong position to be able to deploy. There are some limitations that still need to be addressed such as medical equipment and the limited number of medics deployable. The EC is working towards resolving these issues.
The EC is starting to consider the IER and we are in a good position to be ready for this in 2027.
All in all SARAID is in an incredibly strong position. We nearly have all the documentation necessary to evidence our excellent training; We are close to having the documentation to demonstrate the management of the charity; We have adequate funds to both train and deploy.
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We have well trained and tested team members ready to deploy a keen cohort of new volunteers working through their training. As a board of trustees it is a pleasure to be able to see all the developments and progress that has been made and we are looking forward to working with the EC and the rest of the membership in the next year.
Ella du Breuil
For and on Behalf of the Trustees
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Executive Directors Report
Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters [SARAID]
Registered UK Charity No. 1199047
Bank Account: HSBC Branch, 76 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1EL
Trustees
Miss. Carrie Woodward ~ Secretary
Miss. Eleuthera du Breuil
Mr. Kris Hurley
Mr. Rob Davis ~ Compliance
Mr. Tim Cooper
Mrs. Michelle Woodmore – resigned 02/09/2024
Executive Committee
Mr. Gary Francis ~ Executive Director (Chair)
Mr. Mark Scorer ~ Operations Director (Vice-Chair)
Mr. Steve Jeffery ~ Deputy Operations Director
Mr. Ed Watson ~ Secretary
Mr. David Pickup ~ Treasurer
Mr. Will Selley ~ Medical Manager
Mrs. Sakthy Selvakumaran ~ Structural Engineering Manager
Mr Sam Joseph ~ Strategy & Compliance
Website: https://www.saraid.org
UK Registered Addresses: SARAID International Response Team (USAR), The Fire Station, Station Road, Yate, BS37 4AL
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Statement from the Executive Committee Chair
It is with great pride and gratitude that I present this year’s Annual Report, which highlights the continued dedication, resilience and impact of our CIO over the past 12 months, to the Board of Trustees on behalf of our organisation. Over the past year, we have continued to grow stronger as a team, united by our shared commitment to saving lives, serving communities, and being ready when disaster strikes.
Our volunteers—drawn from all walks of life—have dedicated countless hours to training, deploying, and supporting our mission. Their professionalism, courage, and compassion are the foundation of everything we achieve. This year, we have strengthened our operational capabilities, enhanced our training programme in line with international standards, and built valuable partnerships at local, national, and international levels. Our standing and respect within the international USAR community continues to grow.
In a world facing increasingly complex emergencies, our role as the UK’s only volunteer UN INSARAG IEC Classified Light USAR team (GBR03) has never been more vital. Whether it’s responding to real incidents, participating in exercises, or preparing communities through education and resilience-building, we have demonstrated both readiness and reliability.
Financial sustainability remains crucial, and this unfortunately is one of my only gripes, a recognisable lack of fundraising by the membership, down in the region of £30k from the same time last year, and this at a time when all other expenses such as insurances have increased, I must remind all members that they have an obligation to show commitment to fundraising and I would expect this to increase over the next 12 months. We are grateful however to our donors, sponsors, and supporters especially Makita power tools UK, FirstLook FL360, Avon Fire & Rescue Service, MSA Bristol Uniforms and Savox who make our work possible. Every contribution directly supports our volunteers in the field—equipping them with the tools, training, and support they need to operate safely and effectively.
I would like to warmly welcome our latest trainee cohort to the SARAID family, the diverse range of skills, experience and general enthusiasm will be a huge boost and benefit to the organisation.
I would also like to thank our Board of Trustees for their strategic oversight and unwavering belief in our mission. Together, we continue to lay strong foundations for the future, ensuring we remain a trusted and capable force for good in times of crisis.
A special thanks must go to Kris Hurley who after 20 years of service, has decided to hang up his boots. Kris was one of the original group of SARAID volunteers and has held a number of different roles over the years. Despite no longer being an operational member, Kris
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remains as part of the SARAID family as a Trustee. We wish him well in any new ventures ahead and again thank him and his family for many years of dedication and support.
Looking ahead – the next 12 months
A thorough fit for purpose review of the structure of the Executive Committee to ensure a continuous improvement, quality assurance and development of the committees’ capabilities across all functional areas.
The initial planning phase for our INSARAG IER exercise due to take place in 2027 is underway, with the selection of a proposed Mentor, review of the Comprehensive Portfolio of Evidence (C-POE) document and forming of an exercise Planning Cell with a ToR.
It is felt that Corporate Sponsorship is the way forward for long-term financial support and the setting up of a small Working Group to target this as well as fundraising grants is being put in place.
Objectives for the year 2025-2026
Membership
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Recruitment of a minimum of 2 qualified doctors
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Recruitment of a minimum of 4 USAR Medics, 6 Section Medics and BoO Medics
Finance
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Raising funds for the organisation, ensuring the ongoing operational readiness of SARAID and team development through effective training opportunities and suitable equipment. With an increased team size and to ensure the capacity for 2 international deployments a year, this will equate to £40k per annum.
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Corporate Sponsorship Plan: work towards establishing obtaining long term financial support
Resources
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Purchase of replacement satellite communication equipment as safety critical equipment
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Purchase of higher specification and quality PPE coveralls and hi viz waterproof jackets for all operational members.
Training
- Developing and implementation of a standardised Medic annual training program
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- Identifying the best way forward in relation to qualified/competent training instructors.
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Operations Director (Mark Scorer)
My first year in post as Operations Director (May 2023 – June 2024) post Türkiye deployment was one of consolidation and foundation building. This year (June 2024 – May 2025) we have continued to solidify the core elements of the operational aspects of the charity including the finances through extremely generous bequeaths; our equipment; our training programme, policies and risk assessments; and importantly our recruitment of new members to help strengthen and grow. This was done following a rigorous interview and selection process which I’m grateful to the existing membership who once again gave up additional weekends to support. This has resulted in a strong new cohort (15+ members including medical doctors) that has recently completed their four-month foundation training. In addition to the new membership intake, we have a number that have been progressing through the training programme well, completed their Base of Operations assessment in September’s Operational Assessment and will be completing their full training Operational assessment later this year. Our MoU with the search dog team SARDA NI was also signed at the Operational Assessment last September which provides yet more options for SARAID.
The Safe System of Work architecture, more comprehensive policy documents and standard operating procedures, and consolidating our SharePoint site and information management structure has continued to progress and be refined. It will shortly be shared with the Trustees for final sign off and will enable the Charity to continue to grow and provides resilience in our processes and procedures. We have also established several Working Groups (WG’s) to complete ‘deep dives’ into various aspects of the charity’s capabilities. These include on chainsaw, rope rescue, the selection process and the Team Leader / Management roles.
Early preparations are underway for our INSARAG External Reclassification (IER), planned for September 2027 and as a Charity we have continued to provide support into INSARAG. Attendance at the AEME Regional meeting in Bucharest Romania last year also provided the opportunity to diversify SARAID’s representation (Steve Jeffery and Sarah Pickup) at these meetings and again at the International Steering Group (ISG) meeting in Geneva more recently with Rob Davis and Alex Rogers. Alex Kerr continues to contribute and represent the charity on the Flood Response Working Group and input to the Team Leaders meeting in Tunisia from both Gary Francis and myself, was well received.
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Francis has taken on the role of Mentor for the Budapest Volunteer Rescue Union as they work towards their Light team classification and Sam Joseph following on from his Train the Trainer
USAR Coordination training in Türkiye last year was invited to Taiwan to act as a Trainer and help deliver a UCC course.
Despite there not having been a deployment over the last year there were occasions when the process was tested (Vanuatu Dec 2024 and Myanmar March 2025) and I’d like to thank all the members, Executive Committee and Trustees for their willingness to respond quickly to consider our response. It gives me confidence that when the next disaster happens, SARAID will be able to respond.
Special thanks for Mr Steve Jeffery for his support and all the contributors to this report. In particular, Phil Ball for his outstanding contribution as Training Manager; Sarah Pickup for the hours put into stores and David Pickup for holding the purse strings. To everyone else who has given up hours of their time, often unseen, thank you for helping to keep things moving. Please take the time to read this report as it will give you insight into just how much effort people are putting in to make this Charity the success it is.
Treasurer (David Pickup)
Covering Financial year 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025
2024-25 has been a year of financial confidence as we have made some significant investments in equipment and training; such as paying to stage Operational Assessment at Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue’s excellent Waddington centre. The Charity continues to thrive on the international stage with members on INSARAG working groups as well as INSARAG Classifiers and Mentors and attending courses on ICMS. We continue to plan with funds ringfenced not just for deployment but for 2027’s IER too. We have also received a significant Bequest for the first time that has added to our future financial stability.
The 2023-24 accounts, annual return and independent examination were submitted to the Charities Commission on time. The independent examination was performed by Xeinadin East Midlands in Mansfield, who are the accountants for my businesses, they confirm there is no conflict of interest. Please note this report covers the financial year 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025 for SARAID this is a combined report for the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) 1199047 and the Charity 1101593. Returns for each are made to the Charities Commission and are available to download, however this report represents the finances of SARAID as a whole.
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The Charity (number 1101593) has been closed as 31/03/2025. A final General Vesting Declaration (GVD) was made that transfers the assets of the Charity to the CIO. Please note this can take over 3 months to appear on the Charity Commissions website.
The main goals for this financial year were to:
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Work to make our cash reserves a source of income. Open a new bank account to ensure no one account holds more that the government guaranteed £85,000. Our new bank account yielded £1840 interest this year. Whilst there are accounts available with better rates of interest, they are not available with the required instant access to our funds. With the Charity now closed, the project of opening another account with a different banking group is underway.
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Ensure the team maintains enough funds for a full team deployment. The team has enough funds for a full team deployment.
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Ensure that funds are invested in the improving the Team appropriately and effectively. With the increase in funds due to the deployment to Türkiye we have been able to ringfence money for the next deployment as well as setting aside funds for IER. We have made significant investment in new kit such as the 360 camera and Delsar, please see Equipment Managers report.
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Get accounts external audited and submitted in good time. The reports were externally examined and submitted to the Trustees for submission.
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Work with fund raising officer to improve recording of donations, including donations in kind. As before with Just Giving’s reporting as well the bank reconciliation we have a good record of donations. The donations in kind does require input from members, D4h has been better utilised to record people’s time.
For full accounts see financial statement, CC16a below.
Looking forward to 2025-26
We are in a strong position and the Team is able to deploy on the current financial footing. There are several plans in motion for further investment in equipment and personnel.
We must improve our fundraising and donation gathering. Whilst we have a good year finishing with a nett gain to our funds of over £41,000 this was down to the Bequest from the Estate of Shelia Ryan. To help illustrate this I have kept the bequest as separate income line in the figures about. Without it with have spent £26,600 of our funds, whilst this is offset with new assets to the team, we must look to improve the per member contribution to the team. After membership fees over half of our income came from Corporate/club or no effort income (bank interest and reoccurring monthly donations). The remaining fundraising was a limited number of members Just Giving Page 11 of 20
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activity and a Car Wash at Yate. This year we will again look to spend wisely as we upgrade and replace our equipment. There are a number of activities and things that have/will be put in place in the next year:
Ring Fencing – we have ringfenced £40,000 for a deployment. We also are putting a side £5,000 a year (£15,000 so far) towards the future cost of our IER.
Bequests – SARAID has received one bequest and there is another that should hopefully be paid this year. Whilst we are unsure of the exact amount we are assured the remaining one is to be as significant.
Training and venues, international training – As the Bunker remains a limited training venue option and with significant numbers at training weekends we are facing increased costs on weekends. We are investing in time at training facilities; zero rates or large discounts training exercises still have costs associated with them. Both Manchester and Lincoln facilities provided excellent learning opportunities and enhanced our training.
IER/C mentoring and Classification – as an outcome of IEC we are now required to provide Classifiers once a year for other Light Team Classifications. This is not always fully funded by the Classifying team. It is possible that we may also be asked to mentor a light team through their own process, again it is something that may cost the charity.
Goals for the next financial year :
As ensuring the team maintains enough funds for a full team deployment as well as future predictable costs, ensuring that funds are invested in the improving the Team appropriately and effectively and ensuring accounts external audited and submitted in good time; are now established and core to the Treasurers role I have removed them from the Goals for the coming year.
The following are the goals for the coming year:
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Work to make our cash reserves a source of income. Open a new bank account to ensure no one account holds more that the government guaranteed £85,000.
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Work with fund raising officer to improve recording of donations, including donations in kind.
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Conduct a review the day-to-day financial management of the Charity.
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Training & Development Manager (Phil Ball)
The primary focus of the past twelve months has been the continued development and implementation of the SARAID training syllabus which has been an ongoing process since December 2023 and the suspension of physical training following concerns raised by our Trustees regarding safe systems of work in our approach to training delivery. The objectives set out by the training department to achieve compliance were identified as below.
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Development of a structured training syllabus.
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Development of a structured recruit induction course.
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Implementation of individual training records (competency tracker).
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Training instructor accreditation / validation
Development of a structured training syllabus .
We have now developed a 24- month training syllabus designed to equip a recruit with all the skills and knowledge required to become a competent USAR technician. The syllabus contains a rolling program of nine core skills (listed below), most of which are repeated twice during the 24-month period.
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Breaching & Breaking
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Coordination
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Assessment & Search
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Base of Operations
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Shoring
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Hazardous Environments
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Lifting & Moving
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Trauma / first aid
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SWAH / Rope
I am happy to announce that this element of the process is pretty much complete and that for each USAR skillset we now have comprehensive risk assessments, lesson plans, learning objectives and learning materials. The final phase of this workstream will involve quality assurance and moderation of training materials prior to upload on the SARAID SharePoint.
Development of a structured recruit induction course.
It was felt important to maintaining suitably safe systems of work that our new recruits be given a more formalised induction package. As well as the usual induction of SARAID policies and mobilisation procedures, recruits are now given health & safety input on matters such as manual handling, use and care of PPE, basic tool safety, rubble pile safety and safe working at height. Page 13 of 20
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Development of training packages and associated learning materials are all now complete and we are currently in the process of building identified skillsets into our competency tracking system.
Implementation of individual training records (competency tracker) .
Our current system is D4h, although useful in many aspects is still proving difficult and somewhat cumbersome. This may be due in some part to my self-confessed lack of IT skills but does possibly highlight a potential need for expansion of the training team to include individuals with the requisite IT skills to manage such platforms. Other digital systems are currently in review but these too will need suitably skilled individuals to implementation and manage.
Training instructor accreditation / validation
The issue of accredited training has been a hot topic of debate between the committee and the trustees. In an ideal world all training would be delivered, verified and certified by independent organizations to ensure that it is relevant, appropriate and safe. In the private and local authority sector the responsibility is often outsourced to training providers but does however come at significant cost and would in my opinion be unattainable and unsustainable for us at SARAID. We are however, not exempt from these responsibilities and need to ensure that as an organisation we adhere to as far as is reasonably practicable within the guidelines and spirit of the legislation. It is therefore vital that we initiate a process of evaluation and quality assurance of our training regimes and practises. This will form the final part of the puzzle in establishing robust, safe systems of work and must be the focus for the training team, committee and trustees over the next twelve months.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all team members for their hard work and dedication over the past twelve months. It is appreciated that we all live busy lives, and the commitment of regular training weekends can impact heavily upon families and loved ones.
Also special thanks to all team members who have assisted with training delivery over the past twelve months and members of our equipment team for their tireless work in ensuring that equipment is prepped and ready for training weekends.
Equipment Stores Manager (Sarah Pickup)
Past Year :
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Continued to upgrade equipment store, such as Equipment store roof fixed – thanks to AFRS for the continued support
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Upgraded Search camera capability by purchasing new FL360 camera – this is live in the deployment kit
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Upgraded Search capability further by purchasing a new 4 sensor Delsar listening device – this is now live in the deployment kit.
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Upgraded team lifting capability with the purchase of a new Tirfor winch, bottle jacks and associated equipment – thanks to Dave Jones for his work on this.
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New tablets have been purchased to enable the team to utilise electronic forms etc when on the work site.
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Successful year at the Emergency Show with old relationships developed and new relationships formed with suppliers that provide equipment we use.
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DeWipe have donated us a selection of Decontamination wipes and will give us a discount going forward.
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MSA have committed to supporting the team with a donation of equipment and PPE totalling approximately £7,000. This is including items such as helmets, torches & harnesses.
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Makita continue to support us and have agreed to a new delivery of discs, blades and accessories, as well as providing Safe and correct use and servicing courses for a small group of team members.
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Working groups continuing looking at Rescue kit to see areas we need to improve, current projects are Rope rescue equipment, Confined space equipment, comms equipment.
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Updated equipment deployment procedural information held in stores to streamline and make easier for team to follow if a situation arises that one of the equipment team is not available for a deployment. This was tested at Ops assessment and the new intake have also received a full days training on this.
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Larger quantities of water and rations are now pre packed to make the deployment process quicker.
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All team kit Software upgraded on a regular basis to make sure we are operationally ready
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All team and personal tents have been put up checked and packed away ready to go
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All Makita tools have been back to Makita for full check and service, and all generators have been serviced
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All other team kit checked for operational readiness.
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Statutory testing has been carried out as appropriate including, PAT testing, LOLER testing for all lifting, moving and rope work equipment, 6 monthly Gas Monitor calibration by MSA and Fire Extinguishers recertification.
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2024 new intake issued full set of basic PPE ready for training.
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Ops assessment 2024 ran smoothly and was a good test of our equipment.
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Team members that passed operational assessment issued with deployment kit: new helmet, base bag and day bag.
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Upcoming year :
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Initial planning stages for IER – look into and improvements or changes that need made and lessons learnt from 2022 as well as our current mentors and INSARAG assessors.
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Continue working on Rescue kit areas of improvement – the next proposals to go to committee will be in relation to rope rescue equipment and confined space equipment.
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Areas to be looked at in the coming year:
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Satellite comms
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Generators
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Building monitoring
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Electronic equipment check method for team kit in boxes
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Welfare equipment inc. nutritional value of deployment food
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Deployment kit lists for different sized teams – FACT team, Coordination team etc..
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Find appropriate training course for 2 Equipment team members so we have in team certification for the Declaration of Dangerous goods that needs to accompany Hazardous items that we fly with.
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Work with AFRS to get plans for 2[nd] storey build approved and plan in work with qualified team members
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Work with Fundraising manager to get fundraising items updated.
Thanks to others in the Equipment team – Paul Incledon, Matt Jennings, John Bluett, for all of their help over the year with all things equipment related, and to the rest of the team who step up when help is needed. Should the call come we are ready to deploy
Medical Manager (Will Selley)
Following a re-election after an initial partial term, Will Selley has stood as Medical Manager for the 2024/2025 period.
Will attended the MWG in November this year (hosted in the UK) where work is ongoing to review all medical-related competencies in the guidelines and checklist items.
Following the MWG, a revised IEC/R checklist and USAR volumes were submitted to the secretariat for review at the TL meeting in Tunisia and endorsement at the ISG in Geneva.
In addition, the MWG have reviewed and updated the crush guidance and drafted guidance on working with asbestos and silica particles, due to their prevalence in Türkiye response and as also noted in the AAR for the deployment.
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3x Defibrillators have been donated for the team via Avon FRS. This offers us a provision to take on deployments and to have at training and selection days.
Safeguard medical has recently agreed to supply SARAID medicines (this is the same supplier as UKISAR, so the company understand the ad hoc nature of deployments). Conversations are ongoing with them to provide the more expensive electro-med items for a deployment to ensure the team can deploy with appropriate provision for members and any potential casualties.
The casualty care medic bags are now held in stores to use by members at training, once they successfully complete the casualty care course.
2x USAR Medic bags are also now kept in stores to be used for training. The allows the medics to train with the kit they would deploy with and allows everyone to become more familiar with the challenges that medical kit can present to get it to the patient.
The medical standards have been approved by the committee to provide transparency to new and existing medics on their role requirements to undertake the different medical roles on a deployment, whilst ensuring we meet the INSARAG IEC/R competencies.
Standardised training plans for the BoO and USAR medics is outstanding again this year and requires significant effort to ensure the team continue to move forward and develop the provision.
The team has welcomed the addition of, and interest by Doctors to the team. Early engagement with the additional support and skills that a Doctor can bring (from assisting with medicines and working to meet the additional medical capabilities for the USAR Medics portfolio) will hopefully also be exciting developments that can be realised in the next 12 months.
My thanks to those assisting in providing the medical provision to the team.
Structural Engineering Manager (Sakthy Selvakumaran)
Following recent years focused on recruitment and raising awareness of SARAID’s engineering capability, this year has marked a transition toward consolidation and professionalisation of the structural engineering function.
This year continues the delivery of our bespoke engineering training programme, developed over previous years for both USAR and assessment engineers. Josh Macabuag been delivering this material and developing out the final modules.
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expected in USAR deployment.
Our operational preparedness has also progressed, with investment into engineering-specific kit to support both training and deployment. Notably, this included the need for a real-time structural monitoring device to support safe operations in unstable environments. Thanks to the efforts of Will Selley, we have acquired a second-hand WASP (Leader) system and are currently evaluating additional monitoring tools to further enhance our capabilities.
Looking ahead, we aim to complete our competency documentation, continue refining our training delivery, and further develop our engineering equipment cache in alignment with INSARAG Light Team classification requirements.
IT Manager (Matt Jennings)
Past Year :
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Taken on the role in August 2024, started by familiarising myself with the systems, structure and current state of IT.
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Addressed immediate issues such as D4H access and Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts.
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Information was gathered as to what we want IT to look like: identifying the systems to keep, upgrade and or change.
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Onboarded new cohort onto M365 and D4H and assisted with enquiries.
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Major projects such as hosting migration paused temporarily due to personal commitments (final year of university) – to be resumed by June 2025.
Upcoming Year :
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Finalise and action hosting migration plan with assistance from Richie (Avon Valley Media)
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Assist in the implementation of the new SharePoint system.
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Look at updating the team site.
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Work with Equipment Manager to trial implementation of D4H Equipment to track locations, service/expiry dates and automatically generate digital kit lists. Continue work with James Spry to create onboarding package for new members.
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AGM R8port 2024-2025 (UK R8gist8r8d Charity NO.1197) ' CHARITY COMMISSION FOA ENGLAtID AND WAIE5 SEARCH AND RESCUEASSISTAIICE IN DISASTERS 1199047 Recei ts and ments accounts CC16a Forth• p•rlod from 41112024 3rJ112025 Section A Receipts and payments Unr•stricted nd• Restricted fvnd Endowrnpnt fvnd¥ Total funds Last year A1 Rece5 470 Trarts from SARAJD Char Furaisi1¥a ODnatwJn Memberl t101593 49 1210 io 1.763 7S 1.793 1.310 712 Intyr8st reco tot• r088 AR) •1,7 11,519 A2 AA•t and Inv•¥lm•nt Mb••. Sub tot•1 •1.71B .JJ9 A3P nt• Pur&$ TravlMae IIEC IUrance Jl$ 7371 SJS 4ty74 IJJJ 11,J89 416 1,430 7271 t2,$2J Krt polo J77 J74 Ju4111 Fee Sub tot•1 845 A4 AJa•t and Inw4stm•nt urch•s•s, • ta• Sub tot•1 29,84$ Net of rnc•lp(p#yMefttsJ AS Tran8l•r8 b•lw••n tur# A6 Cah fvnds lait end Cash funds UJl$ y¢•r ,7t 109.738 109.138 131.8J2 71.025 109,73 CCXX Rl accounts ISSI Page 19 of20
AGM R8port 2024-2025 (UK R8gist8r8d Charity NO.1197) Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestncted nds Restricted funds En4owment lund$ lo •t4 Detal B1 Cash fvndg 1St,•J2 Unr•¥tsl¢t•d nds R•strlct•d lund• Endowm•fit luMd• O•tsll O•lll¥ B3 Inv••tm•nt a•••i• ¢uff•nt Ml B4 A*••ts r•tsln•<l fr¥f th• charlty'8 own u8• D•t•ll• BS Uabllltl•s Signed ty one trwt••N Siwure Date of Eyll CCXX R2 accounts Issi Page 20 of 20
SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSISTANCE IN DISASTERS
1199047
Receipts and payments accounts
Period start date Period end date To 4/1/2024 3/31/2025
For the period from
CC16a
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds
Total funds Last year
| Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts Training/ IEC 380 Trans from SARAID Charity1101593 68,449 Fundraising 1,210 Donation 9,140 Membership 8,975 Kitpaid 1,793 Interest received 1,839 - 91,786 - - Sub total - Total receipts 91,786 A3 Payments Purchases 20,415 Travel/Meeting 7,278 Training/ IEC 7,028 Insurance 12,523 Banking/ Pro Fees 66 Communications 1,692 Kitpaid - Fundraising 330 Just GivingFee 360 Deployment - - Sub total 49,692 - - Sub total - Total payments 49,692 Net of receipts/(payments) 42,094 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 109,738 Cash funds this year end 151,832 to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ 380 68,449 1,210 9,140 8,975 1,793 1,839 - 91,786 - - - 91,786 20,415 7,278 7,028 12,523 66 1,692 - 330 360 - - 49,692 - - - 49,692 42,094 - 109,738 151,832 |
to the nearest £ |
| - - - - - - - - - |
380 | 470 | ||
| 68,449 | 38,500 | |||
| 1,210 | 1,763 | |||
| 9,140 | 18,105 | |||
| 8,975 | 7,648 | |||
| 1,793 | 1,360 | |||
| 1,839 | 712 | |||
| - | - | |||
| 91,786 | 68,559 | |||
| - - - |
- | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | 91,786 | 68,559 | ||
| - - - - - - - - - - - |
20,415 | 4,535 | ||
| 7,278 | 4,078 | |||
| 7,028 | 3,333 | |||
| 12,523 | 11,389 | |||
| 66 | 466 | |||
| 1,692 | 1,430 | |||
| - | 3,861 | |||
| 330 | 377 | |||
| 360 | 374 | |||
| - | ||||
| - | - | |||
| 49,692 | 29,845 | |||
| - - - |
- | |||
| - | ||||
| - | - | |||
| - | 49,692 | 29,845 | ||
| - | - - - - |
42,094 | 38,713 | |
| - | - | - | ||
| - | 109,738 | 71,025 | ||
| - | 151,832 | 109,738 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
Details Bank Account Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ 151,832 - - 151,832 OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates |
to nearest £ - - - - OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds Restricted funds Amount due (optional) |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| - | ||||
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| OK | ||||
| to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
| Signature | Name | Date of approval |
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinevs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of A0 F£SaJ£ ASSISfAMCL IA OA&-f£Es . On accounts for the year ended 31 fftAec £a/fj L. z Charlty no (rf any) IIqq0¥7 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the ab charty {Ihe Trust") for the year ended IIMMIYYY . 311(Y32£cQ4 Responsibililies and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in accordance wth the requirements of the Charities Act 20111.the Acf'l. I report in respect of my examlnatlon of the Trust's accounts carrfed out under section 145 of ihe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination. I hav8 followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)Ib) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confim) that no material matters have come to my attention (other Ihan that disclosed below") in connection wth the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in 8ccx)rdance wTrth section 130 of th8 Ad or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement 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. ' Please delete the words in thg brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: 9.9- Lots Name: USSLLL E Relevant professional quallfication(s) or body (if any): F.c. ¢.*- Address: Il cfFic£ SLiY£ O. <lJJZf F31£$ F-IELD. hJ477TifvtrMKlaSkJl NGI F6 IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (See CC32, Independent examination of charity a¢unts. dlrections and guidance for examiners). Glvo hare brlef dotalls of any Iterns that Ihe examlner wishes to disclo80. IER October 2018