BAY SEARCH AND RESCUE

Registered charity 1090880 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAY HOVERCRAFT RESCUE, BAY SEARCH ANCD RESCUE TEAM, BHR

To provide Search and Rescue Services in Morecambe Bay, Lake District and North Lancashire areas. To prevent loss of life both human and animal. To assist all emergency services when required with our specialist skills and equipment.

Objects

TO PROVIDE A SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICE IN THE UK FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE, PREVENTION OF INJURY AND PROTECTION OF PROPERTY BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL WORKING ALONGSIDE THE EXISTING EMERGENCY AND RESCUE SERVICES.

Area of benefit: MORECAMBE BAY LANCASHIRE CUMBRIA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £403,108, with total net assets of £543,006, representing an increase from the previous year's £503,906. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £39,100 for the year, funded primarily by voluntary income of £413,483 against total resources expended of £366,989. Cash at bank increased to £215,782, indicating stable liquidity without reliance on external funding for continued operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bay Search and Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Steve Stebbingschair
• David Thomas Spencer-Barnes
• Gary John Parsons
• John Stuart Angus Spencer-Barnes
• Julie Anne Mason
• Maurice Hodgson
• Steven Mark Balderstone

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LAKE DISTRICT SEARCH AND MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION.

• THE LAKE DISTRICT SEARCH AND MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION income £430k
• CAMBRIDGESHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE income £119k
• SCARBOROUGH AND RYEDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £159k
• MORECAMBE BAY PARTNERSHIP income £631k
• PETT LEVEL INDEPENDENT RESCUE BOAT ASSN. income £159k
• NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £102k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.