STAFFORDSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM

Registered charity 1105836 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SSART

To provide professional and immediate response to search and rescue calls from Staffordshire Emergency Planning Department to assist the Police, Fire and Ambulance Services in order to save lives and render assistance as required in Staffordshire and adjacent counties. To assist and liaise with other voluntary bodies wherever required.

Objects

TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL AND IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO SEARCH AND RESCUE CALLS FROM STAFFORDSHIRE EMERGENCY PLANNING DEPT TO ASSIST THE POLICE, FIRE AND AMBULANCE SERVICES. SAVING LIFE AND RENDERING ASSISTANCE AS REQUIRED IN STAFFORDSHIRE AND ADJACENT COUNTIES. TO ASSIST AND LIASE WITH OTHER VOLUNTARY BODIES WHEREVER REQUIRED.

Area of benefit: STAFFORDSHIRE AND ADJACENT COUNTIES

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cannock Chase, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,604.06 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £56,513.00 against expenditure of £51,908.94. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £25,000 in reserves, which is described as enough to cover 12 months of running costs. The independent examiner reported no matters coming to their attention regarding compliance with accounting records or the Charities Act.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 01/02/2026, 1 day after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 13/02/2024, 13 days after the 31/01/2024 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 — Staffordshire Search And Rescue (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Morningchair
• James Rudman
• Simon Rowley

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Derbyshire · Shropshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE.

• SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE income £3.7m
• EXMOOR SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM income £53k
• WARWICKSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE income £64k
• SOUTH SNOWDONIA SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM income £54k
• ABERDYFI SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM / TIM CHWILIO AC ACHUB ABERDYFI income £46k
• CAMBRIDGESHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE income £119k

Side by side with its peers

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