FRIENDS OF WATER SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM

Charity number: 1182536
Charity reporting is up to date (1 day late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The FOWSART Charity exists to raise funds to help the Water Search and Rescue Team which help to provide response and operational support to the Emergency Services in a range of situations varying from providing operational & tactical support during times of flooding or civil emergency

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £44,535
Total expenditure: £3,190

People

3 Trustee(s)

35 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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 19 March 2019: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Benjamin Wall Chair 01 May 2022
None on record
Harrison Philpott Trustee 01 January 2024
None on record
Richard Smith Trustee 01 January 2024
Restore Collective Charitable Trust
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £2.40k £37.31k £41.86k £15.23k £44.54k
Total expenditure £2.06k £90.90k £37.31k £11.63k £3.19k
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 31 March 2024 01 February 2025 1 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 01 February 2025 1 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 30 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 30 January 2024 On time
Annual return 31 March 2022 24 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 24 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 03 February 2022 3 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 03 February 2022 3 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 23 December 2020 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 23 December 2020 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 - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Mar 2019

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT LIFE AND RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS ENDANGERED BY FLOODING OR NATURAL HAZARDS OR TO ASSIST IN WATER BASED RESCUE INCIDENTS OR OTHER EMERGENCY RESPONSE SITUATIONS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE OPERATIONAL OR TACTICAL SUPPORT OF ANY SUCH INCIDENT.

Contact information

Address:
FRIENDS OF WATER SEARCH AND RESCUE
PO Box 400
BURFORD
OX18 9EB
Phone:
02045722945
Email:
friends@fowsart.org.uk
Website:

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