| Trustees' Annual Report | Trustees' Annual Report | Trustees' Annual Report | Trustees' Annual Report | Trustees' Annual Report | for theperiod | for theperiod | for theperiod | ||
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| From | Period start date | To | Period end date | ||||||
| 01 | 01 | 2024 | 31 | 12 | 2024 |
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Wiltshire Search & Rescue Team
Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1205651
Charity's principal address c/o Wiltshire Police Headquarters
London Road Devizes Postcode SN10 2DN
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Adrian Sawyer | Chair | 01/01/24-31/12/24 | Members of WILSAR | |
| Vic Watson | 01/01/24-02/12/24 | Members of WILSAR | ||
| LyndseyD-Selby | Treasurer | 01/01/24-31/12/24 | Members of WILSAR | |
| Neil Parsons-Hann | 01/01/24-03/04/24 | Members of WILSAR | ||
| Samantha Metcalfe | Secretary | 01/01/24-31/12/24 | Members of WILSAR | |
| Thomas Bowling | 01/01/24-03/04/24 | Members of WILSAR | ||
| Bethan Eirlys Matthews |
24/03/24-31/12/24 | Members of WILSAR | ||
| Mark Pitman | 04/04/24-31/12/24 | Members of WILSAR | ||
| JeremySanders | 04/04/24-31/12/24 | Members of WILSAR | ||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by Members Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
and Rescue teams exist to search for vulnerable and Searches can be conducted in urban or rural areas and for and Rescue volunteers, are always initiated by Wiltshire Police.
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nisation or emergency service requesting help if at all possible.
ave a number of Association of Lowland Search and Rescue
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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional i
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Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
Members of WILSAR attended 63 incidents, 354 exercises and 499 Summary of the main events. Our 114 active Members volunteered 20,308 hrs over this achievements of the charity period. during the year Wiltshire Search and Rescue is a voluntary organisation funded entirely through voluntary donations. The team is professionally trained and is called out by Wiltshire Police to support with finding vulnerable and missing people. Our volunteers come from all walks of life and are united in their desire to be there when people need us most.
Section E Financial review
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Reserves to the value of £50,142 is held to:
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
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Cover the cost of a repairs to our command vehicle should it break down or to purchase a second-hand vehicle should our current vehicle be beyond repair.
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- Or cover running expenses of the Charity for 12 months
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This reserve is periodically reviewed to ensure it is robust and sufficient to meet the needs of the Charity.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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) Lyndsey DonaldsonSelby Full name(s) Lyndsey Donaldson-Selby Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 26/04/2025
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Wiltshire Search and Rescue
Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2024
| TOTAL Unrestricted Restricted |
TOTAL Unrestricted Restricted |
TOTAL Unrestricted Restricted |
TOTAL Unrestricted Restricted |
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| Income | |||
| Bank Interest Received | 310 | 310 | |
| Donation Income | 52,214 | 52,214 | |
| First Aid - Sales | 600 | 600 | |
| General Sales | 6,039 | 6,039 | |
| Grant Income | 64,329 | 64,329 | |
| Miscellaneous Income | 3,245 | 3,245 | |
| 126,736 | 62,407 | 64,329 | |
| Net VAT Reclaim | 4,542 | 4,542 | |
| 131,279 | 66,949 | 64,329 | |
| Expenses | |||
| Bank Charges | 98 | 98 | 0 |
| ConsultancyFees | 2,869 | 2,869 | 0 |
| Fuel(4X4) | 2,365 | 2,365 | 0 |
| Fuel and Oil(MOTOR) | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| General Purchases | 2,406 | 2,406 | 0 |
| HostingFees and IT Consumables | 820 | 633 | 188 |
| Hotels | 821 | 150 | 671 |
| Insurance | 8,126 | 8,126 | 0 |
| IT - D4H Subscription | 515 | 515 | 0 |
| IT - Equipment | 5,993 | 0 | 5,993 |
| Miscellaneous Expenses | 1,081 | 1,081 | 0 |
| Miscellaneous Motor Expenses | 2,760 | 2,760 | 0 |
| Miscellaneous Purchases | 85 | 85 | 0 |
| Postage and Carriage | 276 | 276 | 0 |
| Refreshments / Staff Welfare | 216 | 216 | 0 |
| Repairs and Servicing (MOTOR) | 161 | 161 | 0 |
| Search & Rescue Equipment - Bikes | 2,768 | 382 | 2,386 |
| Search & Rescue Equipment - Dogs | 577 | -356 | 932 |
| Search & Rescue Equipment - General | 6,286 | 725 | 5,561 |
| Search & Rescue Equipment - Medical | 776 | 202 | 574 |
| Search & Rescue Equipment - Radios | 953 | 125 | 828 |
| Search & Rescue Equipment - Ropes | 2,865 | 118 | 2,747 |
| Search & Rescue Equipment - RPAS | 13,922 | 0 | 13,922 |
| Search & Rescue Equipment - Uniform | 8,007 | 1,016 | 6,991 |
| Search & Rescue Equipment - Vehicles | 607 | 104 | 503 |
| Search & Rescue Equipment - Water | 10,881 | -4,788 | 15,669 |
| Service(VAN & 4x4) | 435 | 435 | 0 |
| Social & Awards | 1,175 | 1,175 | 0 |
| Stationery | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| Subscriptions | 971 | 971 | 0 |
| Suspense Account | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Telephone and Mobile Charges | 893 | 893 | 0 |
| TrainingCosts | 9,113 | 4,289 | 4,824 |
| Travelling | 1,147 | 620 | 527 |
| Twilio | 582 | 582 | 0 |
| Vehicle Insurance | 4,285 | 4,285 | 0 |
| Vehicle Tax | 1,030 | 1,030 | 0 |
| 95,925 | 33,608 | 62,316 | |
| Net Cash Flow | 35,354 | 33,341 | 2,013 |
| Bank and cash balances at 31 December 2023 | 58,231 | 28,639 | 29,592 |
| Bank and cash balances at 31 December 2024 | 93,585 | 61,980 | 31,605 |
Independent examinerfs report to the Trustees of Wiltshire Search and Rescue I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of Wiltshire Search and Rescue for the year ended 31 December 2024. ResponslbllltSes and basls of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparatitin of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the a¢Y}. I report in respert of my examination of the Trustee's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Oirertions gNen by the Charity Commission under section 145151{bl of the 2011 Act. Independent examlmrfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention In connertion with the examination 8ivin8 me cause to believe that in any material respect- 111 accountin8 record5 were not kept in respert of the Trust as required by sectKin 130 of the Art,. or 121 the accounts do not accord with those records: or 131 the account5 do not compty with ihe application requlrements concernlng the form and Content of accounts set out in the Charltles (Accounts and Reportsl Regulations 2(K18 other than any requirements that the accounts gNe a 'true and fair viev/ which is not a matter consKlered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in tonnection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this rewrt in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts being reached. Andrew Chappell FCA, Mlmgt. FFfA Chappell Asso¢lates Umlted Chartered Accountants Westfield House Bratton Road Westbury Wiltshire BA13 3EP 14 February 2025