MERSEYSIDE LOWLAND SEARCH AND RESCUE

Charity number: 1166213
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We search for high risk vulnerable missing people

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2025

Total income: £21,770
Total expenditure: £22,628

People

5 Trustee(s)

15 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

What the charity does:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Cheshire East
  • Cheshire West & Chester
  • Halton
  • Knowsley
  • Liverpool City
  • Sefton
  • St Helens
  • Wirral

Governance

Registration history:
  • 24 March 2016: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • MERSAR (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Alison Braithwaite Trustee 15 May 2023
None on record
Sheridan Green Trustee 15 May 2023
None on record
Eugene Chapman Trustee 23 September 2020
None on record
David Alcock Trustee 03 February 2020
None on record
Lesley Jane Ashcroft Trustee 03 February 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024 30/06/2025
Total gross income £12.94k £10.30k £21.40k £20.55k £21.77k
Total expenditure £12.00k £10.86k £19.24k £12.04k £22.63k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 30 June 2025 02 December 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2025 02 December 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2024 17 March 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 17 March 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 19 December 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 29 May 2024 29 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2022 17 February 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 17 February 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2021 18 February 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 18 February 2022 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.

CIO - Association Registered 24 Mar 2016

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS ENDANGERED BY ACCIDENTS OR NATURAL HAZARDS AND THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE BY PROVIDING SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICESIN MERSEYSIDE IN CO-OPERATION WITH PARTNERS, GOVERNMENT BODIES AND OTHER RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS

Contact information

Address:
Emergency Service Training Centre L
2 East Street
BIRKENHEAD
CH41 1BY
Phone:
07
Email:
info@mersar.org.uk
Website:

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