BUCKS SEARCH & RESCUE

Charity number: 1073134
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To relieve suffering by providing volunteers trained to search and recover missing vulnerable people, working at the request of Thames Valley Police and assisting other Rescue organisations. Providing First Aid and Search and Rescue volunteers to the County Emergency Resilience department during times of flood or other disasters. Providing First Aid and marshaling personnel to local organisations.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £81,231
Total expenditure: £70,151

Total income includes £6,666 from 1 government grant(s)

People

2 Trustee(s)

65 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Bracknell Forest
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Reading
  • Slough
  • West Berkshire
  • Windsor And Maidenhead
  • Wokingham

Governance

Registration history:
  • 31 December 1998: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • BSAR (Working name)
  • BUCKS SEARCH AND RESCUE (Working name)
  • BVR (Working name)
  • BUCKINGHAMSHIRE VOLUNTEER RESCUE (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

2 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Joydeep Mukherjee Trustee 26 February 2025
PANCHAMUKHEE
Received: 49 days late
Andrew Steven Bant Trustee 26 February 2025
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £50.15k £60.37k £36.50k £50.09k £81.23k
Total expenditure £45.65k £32.80k £34.62k £71.33k £70.15k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £1.50k £1.50k £1.50k N/A £6.67k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 10 July 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 10 July 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 22 June 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 22 June 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 10 May 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 10 May 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 14 April 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 14 April 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 06 August 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 06 August 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12TH NOVEMBER 1998 AS AMENDED 7TH JULY 2004 as amended on 04 Aug 2021

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSISTANCE, FIRST AID, EVENT MARSHALLING, AND SAFETY COVER, BOTH INDEPENDENTLY AND IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE FULL EMERGENCY SERVICES AND OTHER VOLUNTARY AID SOCIETIES

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
Gerrards Cross Golf Club
Chalfont Park
Chalfont St. Peter
GERRARDS CROSS
SL9 0QA
Phone:
03003213216
Email:
info@bsar.org.uk
Website:

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