ESSEX SEARCH AND RESCUE (ESSEXSAR)

Registered charity 1096661 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To assist in the relief of suffering and distress amongst persons endangered by accident or natural hazards in lowland areas, primarily in the County of Essex. This is achieved in particular by providing adequete arrangements for the secure and efficient search for and rescue of any person or persons so endangered, by trained personnel.

Objects

TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS ENDANGERED BY ACCIDENT OR NATURAL HAZARDS IN LOWLAND AREAS PRIMARILY IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO THIS AREA. IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ADEQUATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SECURE AND EFFICIENT SEARCH FOR AND RESCUE OF ANY PERSON OR PERSONS SO ENDANGERED, BY TRAINED PERSONNEL.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF ESSEX

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

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Registered contact address: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £29,163 against total expenditure of £35,302, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Despite this, unrestricted cash reserves stood at £84,065, which the trustees describe as 'comfortable levels' and intend to maintain equivalent to annual running costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2025 (received 31/07/2026, 1 day after the 30/07/2026 due date); year ending 30/09/2024 (received 07/08/2026, 373 days after the 30/07/2025 due date); year ending 30/09/2022 (received 12/01/2024, 166 days after the 30/07/2023 due date); year ending 30/09/2021 (received 02/10/2022, 64 days after the 30/07/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sarah Jakeschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Samuel · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helena Goodwin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Harris · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Hertfordshire · Kent · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGESHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE.

• CAMBRIDGESHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE income £119k
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE income £94k
• KENT SEARCH AND RESCUE (LOWLAND) income £116k
• ESSEX HOME HELP SERVICE income £662k
• WARWICKSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE income £64k
• SUPPORTING CARERS AND FAMILIES TOGETHER income £98k

Side by side with its peers

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