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West Mercia Search & Rescue

A Registered Charity based in England

This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-1122651 .
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Description

Provision of a team of trained volunteers qualified in Land and Water Search and Rescue working in partnership with the Emergency Services, Statutory Agencies, and other voluntary organisations.

Also known as

  • Central Rescue
  • West Mercia Search & Rescue
  • West Midlands Search and Rescue
  • West Mids Rescue
  • West Mercia SAR
  • West Mercia Search & Rescue
  • West Mercia Search And Rescue
  • West Mercia Search and Rescue
  • West Midlands Search and Rescue

CCEW Charity number

1122651

Registered

Postcode

SY6 6BB

Website

westmerciasar.org.uk

Domain

westmerciasar.org.uk

Latest income

£87,309 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

West Mercia Search & Rescue

GB-CHC-1122651

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

West Mercia Search & Rescue

GB-CHC-1122651

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Emergency and relief services D33

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.

  • Charity and VCS support CV » Volunteering CV104
  • Saving of lives SL » Search and rescue SL103

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Services 306

Scale of operation

  • National

West Mercia Search & Rescue

GB-CHC-1122651

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2008-02-06 Registered as a charity
2009-03-31 15,071 7,449
2010-03-31 7,976 11,178
2011-03-31 20,488 17,602
2012-03-31 48,838 37,374
2013-03-31 23,249 37,904
2014-03-31 8,901 6,544
2015-03-31 41,198 47,675
2016-03-31 46,821 48,582
2017-03-31 98,087 88,556
2018-03-31 139,520 75,193
2019-03-31 115,308 73,471
2020-03-31 107,223 64,617
2021-03-31 85,467 82,661
2022-03-31 68,164 67,135
2023-03-31 87,309 83,275
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

West Mercia Search & Rescue

GB-CHC-1122651

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees paid more than £60,000 - -
Volunteers 81 65
Trustees 5
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

West Mercia Search & Rescue

GB-CHC-1122651

Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.

West Mercia Search & Rescue

GB-CHC-1122651

Grants received

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Received 12 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England
£10,000
1 month
Equipping our Water Rescue Vehicle
Feb 2023 to Mar 2023
Co-operative Group £6,853 Grant to West Mercia Search & Rescue
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England
£6,000
11 months
A COVID-Safe Search Management System
May 2021 to Apr 2022
Co-operative Group £7,350 Grant to West Mercia Search & Rescue
Co-operative Group £3,390 Grant to West Mercia Search And Rescue
Co-operative Group £3,802 Grant to West Mercia Search and Rescue
Department for Transport
Inshore/Inland rescue boat grant 17/18
£7,840 Inshore & Inland Rescue Boat Grant Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All
£10,000
1 year
Lifesaving Medical Equipment for volunteer Search and Rescue responder
Jun 2017 to Jun 2018
Department for Transport
Inshore/Inland rescue boat grant 16/17
£25,112
3 months
Inland/Inshore Rescue Boat Fund scheme
Dec 2016 to Mar 2017
The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All
£9,900
1 year
Operations Community Communications
Aug 2014 to Aug 2015

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

West Mercia Search & Rescue

GB-CHC-1122651

Data sources

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

Data download service provided by the Charity Commission

Last fetched from source: 2024-04-26

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