ISLE OF WIGHT SEARCH AND RESCUE

Registered charity 1148563 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIGHTSAR

Isle of Wight Search and Rescue provide skilled volunteers to assist Hampshire Constabulary and other agencies in searches for vulnerable missing persons on the Isle of Wight.

Objects

("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS ENDANGERED BY ACCIDENTS OR NATURAL HAZARDS BY PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A TRAINED SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM TO OPERATE PRIMARILY (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT.

Area of benefit: PRIMARILY BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that net operating income for the period was £8,526.60, resulting in a closing balance of £54,932.70 across bank and petty cash accounts. The charity notes that income from recycling bins is decreasing due to market saturation and expresses uncertainty regarding the success of its application for discretionary rate relief on storage units.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEAN TERRETTchair
• Alistair Bridle
• Damon Corr
• Jennifer Johnston
• Julian Roger Adams
• Lisa Taylor
• Loukis Agrotis
• Lynne Agrotis

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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