HAMPSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE

Registered charity 1174085 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HANTSAR

Provision of assistance to the Police in the search for vulnerable missing persons and community resilience

Objects

The objects of the CIO are:The preservation and protection of life and health for the public benefit in Hampshire by:• providing volunteer Lowland Search and Rescue services to Hampshire & Isle of WightConstabulary in the search and rescue of vulnerable missing persons throughoutHampshire. In addition, and when called upon, to provide assistance to other volunteerLowland Rescue organisations, police services and other agencies in the search andrescue of vulnerable missing persons or in the event of a local or national emergency ordisaster.• providing qualified water search and rescue volunteers to assist Hampshire & Isle ofWight Constabulary in the search and rescue of vulnerable missing persons throughoutHampshire. In addition, and when called upon, provide qualified water search andrescue volunteers to assist other volunteer Lowland Rescue organisations, policeservices, DEFRA, local authorities and other agencies in the search and rescue ofvulnerable missing persons or in the event of a local or national emergency or disaster.• training operational members in search and rescue techniques to ensure they meet thehigh standards required by police and the Association of Lowland Search and Rescue(ALSAR) so they can be deployed in providing assistance to police and other agencies.• raising public awareness of volunteer Lowland Search and Rescue organisations whenattending local events or giving presentations.• providing services such as (but not limited to) first aid, event marshalling, and safetycover at public events, both independently and in association with other agencies andorganisations, and education and training in such skills, with a view to promoting thepublic’s safe enjoyment of recreational pursuits.

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 retained a reserve fund from unrestricted income to ensure future service continuation and secure storage, with no funds materially in deficit. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records, noting no material matters requiring attention.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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)

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

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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PHILIP EDWARD HARVEYchair
• Ben William Goddard
• Frances Hardy
• Howard Barnes
• Karen Jane Bolton
• Karen Marie Smedley
• Keith William Goldie · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Jon Barnes
• Philip Mann
• Stephen Richard Cook · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE.

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE income £94k
• CAMBRIDGESHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE income £119k
• SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSISTANCE IN DISASTERS income £92k
• MIDSHIRES SEARCH & RESCUE ORGANISATION income £33k
• WARWICKSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE income £64k
• SAFE HARBOUR income £110k

Side by side with its peers

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