SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSISTANCE IN DISASTERS

Registered charity 1199047 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SARAID

We are a specialist disaster response and humanitarian assistance charity that supports both domestic and international communities in times of need affected by disasters natural and man-made. We train and equip dedicated volunteers and members of the public to provide assistance and support to the emergency services

Objects

1. THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTER OR CATASTROPHE THROUGH: A. THE RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF EXPERIENCED VOLUNTEER PERSONNEL SUITABLY TRAINED AND EQUIPPED IN DISASTER RESPONSE TO PROVIDE ANY OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE, HUMANITARIAN AID AND DISASTER RELIEF. IT WILL OCCUR BETWEEN THE MOMENT OF THE NATURAL DISASTER OR CATASTROPHE OCCURS AND THE POINT AT WHICH CONVENTIONAL DISASTER RELIEF ORGANISATIONS ARE ABLE TO RESPOND, AND ON AN ON-GOING BASIS IN ORDER TO SAVE, PROTECT AND PRESERVE HUMAN LIFE REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOUR, RELIGION, GENDER OR POLITICAL PERSUASION; B. PROVIDING PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT WHERE NEEDED TO RESPONSE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND OTHER NATIONAL OR REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS TO SUCH OCCURRENCES; C. REDUCING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH NATURAL DISASTERS, HUMANITARIAN CRISES OR CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THE DEPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL TO TRAIN COMMUNITIES AND ORGANISATIONS TO MITIGATE AND INCREASE THEIR COPING CAPACITY AND RESILIENCE TO ANY FUTURE EVENTS; D. THE TRAINING OF VOLUNTEER PERSONNEL OR OTHERWISE BY USING THEIR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE TO DELIVER HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THEIR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE. E. CARRYING OUT EARLY DAMAGE AND NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND COORDINATION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD FOLLOWING ANY NATURAL DISASTER OR MAN-MADE CATASTROPHE THROUGH THE RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF VETTED, QUALIFIED, SKILLED, EXPERIENCED AND WELL EQUIPPED SPECIALIST STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, MEDICAL AND/OR COORDINATION TEAMS COMPOSED IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT WHOLLY OF VOLUNTEER PERSONNEL, TO PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF BETWEEN THE MOMENT A NATURAL DISASTER OR MAN-MADE CATASTROPHE OCCURS AND THE POINT AT WHICH CONVENTIONAL DISASTER RELIEF ORGANISATIONS OR LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE ABLE TO RESPOND, AND ON AN ON-GOING BASIS.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Gloucestershire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £151,832, a figure significantly boosted by a recent bequest. Without this bequest, the charity reports it would have spent down its funds by £26,600, highlighting a reliance on one-off donations rather than sustainable fundraising income. The trustees confirm the charity is in a strong financial position to continue its operations and future deployments.

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 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
• 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

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 — SARAID (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Deas
• Christopher Hurley
• Eleuthera du Breuil MSc
• Rob Davis
• Timothy Charles Cooper

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Albania · Algeria · Argentina · Armenia · Australia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belarus

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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
• LONDON SEARCH & RESCUE income £220k
• WARWICKSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE income £64k
• DISASTER AID UK & IRELAND income £27k
• INTERNATIONAL DISASTER & EMERGENCY AID WITH LONG TERM SUPPORT income £623k
• CAMBRIDGESHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE income £119k

Side by side with its peers

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