# SEVERN AREA RESCUE ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 505504
- **Other names:** SEVERN AUXILIARY RESCUE ASSOCIATION, S A R A - SEVERN RESCUE, SARA, SEVERN RESCUE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 8, 1976
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=505504


## Contact

- **Address:** Severn Area Rescue Association, The Lifeboat Station, Beachley, Chepstow
- **Postcode:** NP16 7HH
- **Phone:** 03448460226
- **Email:** info@sara-rescue.org.uk
- **Website:** www.sara-rescue.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A RESCUE SERVICE WITH, IN PARTICULAR, SPECIALIST SKILLS IN MARINE AND CLIFF RESCUE; TO ASSIST GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND COUNTY AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THEIR PROVISION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.; TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MARINE AND CLIFF RESCUE IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING COURSES, IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF BUT NOT OTHERWISE, TO RAISE FUNDS INVITE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHOMSOEVER BY WAY OF SUBSCRIPTION, DONATION. OR OTHERWISE.

**Activities:** Provides inshore lifeboats and inland search and rescue, on the tidal Severn, Wye, and Usk and across the wider area of the River Severn including all of Gloucestershire.On 1 Jan 22 SARA become a Charity CIO.  All assets and operations of the Charity were moved into Charity CIO 1193634, and this Charity (505504) is now dormant pending formal closure.

**Area of benefit:** MARINE OPERATIONS - PRINCIPAL AREA - BRISTOL CHANNEL AND THE SEVERN, WYE, AVON AND USK RIVERS.  LAND OPERATIONS - SOUTH EAST WALES, THE WEST OF ENGLAND AND THE MIDLANDS.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Gloucestershire
- Monmouthshire
- Shropshire
- South Gloucestershire
- Telford & Wrekin
- Worcestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £237153 | £252105 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Alan Palmer — appointed May 18, 2017
- Alan Stanley — appointed July 22, 2016
- Jim Hewitt — appointed March 10, 2003
- John Earnest William Cairns — appointed May 22, 2016
- Mervyn Fleming — appointed March 8, 2018