AVON & SOMERSET SEARCH AND RESCUE

Registered charity 1168479 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of search & rescue services to Avon & Somerset Police in Somerset and elsewhere

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received total income of £80,906 and spent £56,401 during the financial year ending 31 October 2024, resulting in a net surplus. The filing confirms that the charity has no employees, no trading subsidiaries, and no serious incidents to report.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Avon and Somerset Search and Rescue (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).

• Thatchers — “Supported by thatchers” (source page)
• Relish Running Races — “Relish Running Races have supported ASSAR through one of their larger events; one of the more challenging in the area, The Cheddar Gorge Cha…” (source page)
• Cheddar Caves and Gorge — “The Staff and Management of Cheddar Caves and Gorge , as part of the Longleat Esate offer a never-ending support to ASSAR, whether it’s fina…” (source page)
• Mendip Outdoors — “Staff and Management at Mendip Outdoors offer ASSAR significant support, frequently offering ASSAR land access and parking for valuable trai…” (source page)
• Yeo Valley — “Yeo Valley kindly Sponsor one of the team 4×4 vehicles, they provide all diesel for this vehicle, a considerable saving for ASSAR, they also…” (source page)
• NG Mountaineering — “NG Mountaineering support many training events within the team and offer spaces in external course to team members for CPD purposes.” (source page)
• Dick’s Climbing — “Dick, through his specialist Climbing and Rope access equipment store offers ASSAR very good deals on much of our technical equipment which …” (source page)

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Rory Macdonald
• Alexander William George
• Christopher Newton-Goverd
• Judith Chubb-Whittle
• Madeleine Elspeth Chambers
• Megan Elizabeth Pillinger
• Sarah Catherine Treweek

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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