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UNITED KINGDOM RESCUE ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1166883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UKRO

UKRO is dedicated to advancing professional rescue focusing on five rescue areas including vehicle extrication; trauma management; rope rescue; urban search and rescue (USAR) and water rescue. Our aim is to develop, enhance and promote the rescue capabilities of firefighters to ultimately reduce unintentional injuries and deaths that can result from these types of incidents in the UK and abroad.

Objects

(A) SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL RESCUE IN UK FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES AND OTHER RESCUE SERVICES THROUGH A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES AND PRODUCTS, ALL OF WHICH SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE RESCUE COMMUNITY IN ITS WIDEST SENSE, FROM SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUPPLIERS, RESEARCHERS AND TRAINING ORGANISATIONS.(B) PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HUMAN LIFE BY DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING BEST PRACTICE IN RESCUE EXTRICATION AND RECOVERY TECHNIQUES.(C) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE RESCUE SERVICES IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN RESCUE EXTRICATION AND RECOVERY TECHNIQUES.(D) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RESCUE EXTRICATION AND RECOVERY TECHNIQUES.(E) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ROAD AND COMMUNITY SAFETY MATTERS.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£69k
Latest spending
£55k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £3,630.27 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £69,036.67 against expenditure of £65,406.40. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy of a working balance of £30,000, and the net assets at year-end were £89,448.16.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a working balance of £30,000 (held: £89k)
“We have a policy of maintaining a working balance of £30,000 and living within our means each year unless the trustees positively decide to spend from reserves.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — United Kingdom Rescue Organisation (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ghana · Moldova · Northern Ireland · Romania · Russia · Scotland · Serbia · Throughout England And Wales · Ukraine

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£69k£55k
31/12/2023£63k£74k
31/12/2022£83k£67k
31/12/2021£64k£48k
31/12/2020£5k£4k

Common questions

Is UNITED KINGDOM RESCUE ORGANISATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £3,630.27 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £69,036.67 against expenditure of £65,406.40. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy of a working balance of £30,000, and the net assets at year-end were £89,448.16. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.