RAPID RELIEF TEAM

Registered charity 1161586 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RRT · also registered in Scotland as SC055115 (OSCR)

THE MAIN ACTIVITY OF RRT IS PROVIDING WELFARE SUPPORT TO EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL ATTENDING MAJOR INCIDENTS, AS WELL AS PRACTICAL HELP TO THE COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY SUCH EVENTS. RRT ALSO SUPPORTS OTHER CHARITIES WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE DISABLED.

Objects

(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, SUFFERING, DISTRESS, DISABILITY OR DESTITUTION IN SUCH WAYS AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED AS A RESULT OF THE FOLLOWING:(A) NATURAL DISASTERS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FLOOD, DROUGHT, FIRE, HEATWAVE, LANDSLIDE, STORM, TORNADO AND EARTHQUAKE;(B) EMERGENCIES, INCLUDING EMERGENCIES OCCASIONED BY ACCIDENT;(C) ANY EFFECTS OF ADVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE; OR(D) ANY UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS OF A LIKE NATURE TO THOSE CONTEMPLATED BY PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND (C) OF THIS ARTICLE THAT ARISE AND WHICH THREATEN, OR COULD THREATEN, LIFE OR PROPERTY; AND (2) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME SELECT.NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE CHARITY'S PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,713,336 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £4,818,789 to £3,105,453. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity maintains unrestricted free reserves of £3,105,453, which exceeds its stated policy target of £1.2 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09288812
• Trading subsidiary: RAPID RELIEF TEAM TRADING LIMITED Companies House 10827984

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MIDDLETON, James Russell — director, appointed 30/06/2024on trustee list
• SOULSBY, Edwin — director, appointed 27/03/2024on trustee list
• REINER, Daniel — director, appointed 27/03/2024on trustee list
• NAPTHINE, Benjamin Ross — director, appointed 30/11/2020on trustee list
• LYNES, Russell John — director, appointed 30/11/2020on trustee list
• TURNER, Andrew — director, appointed 13/11/2019on trustee list
• BLACKLEDGE, Sam David — director, appointed 27/02/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW TURNER · trustee of 1 other charity
• BENJAMIN ROSS NAPTHINE
• Daniel Reiner
• Edwin Soulsby
• James Russell Middleton
• RUSSELL JOHN LYNES
• SAM DAVID BLACKLEDGE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Side by side with its peers

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