HAMPSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS

Registered charity 1114740 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOWLAND SEARCH DOGS - SOUTHERN

Hampshire Search and Rescue Dogs (HSARDogs) is a voluntary search dog group available to emergency services. We are supported by our umbrella organisation Association of Lowland Search and Rescue (ALSAR) accredited to national standards; dog handler and support search for people who may be missing or injured in urban or rural areas. The team work closely with Hampshire Search and Rescue (Hantsar)

Objects

To protect and preserve good health and life by the provision primarily of volunteer Search and Rescue Dogs, but also other capabilities and supporting assets, to assist in the search, rescue, or recovery of missing or endangered persons.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, with trustees confirming that current and future funding sources are adequate for the charity's needs. The independent examiner's report confirms the financial statements give a true and fair view in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and FRS102 Charity SORP.

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 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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 expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “The National Lottery Community Fund award We are delighted to share that we have received £13,980...” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Ben Petherick
• Andrew Heaton
• Conor Edward Thorne
• Jack Philip Harding
• Kevin Michael Saunders
• Michelle Tracey Mealing
• Peter Rawlinson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).