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Saving of lives Charities That specialise in Search and rescue

Discover 338 Saving of lives charities that specialise in search and rescue. Use the search below to filter within these results.

338
Charities
£4,239,256,784
Total Income
£1,701,146
Avg Income
78.9%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Oxfordshire Badger Group

Charity and VCS support, Environment, Saving of lives

We promote the conservation, protection and understanding of badgers, their setts and habitats in Oxfordshire and elsewhere. Activities include recording badger setts/ sightings and reporting wildlife crime. We provide a badger rescue service. We liaise with professionals, the public to resolve badger issues. We train volunteers and offer education. We own and manage a small ancient wood.

Latest Income: £8,511
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Broadstairs Surf Life Saving Club

Leisure, Saving of lives

The club exists to promoting water safety, teach lifesaving skills and offer beach and water based training to improve fitness and allow participation in surf life saving sporting events. The club offers training to members including internationally recognised life saving qualifications. It also offers training to 7-14 year olds through the SLSGB Graduate Lifeguard Programme.

Latest Income: £8,370
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Milles Charitable Foundation Limited

Saving of lives

The relief of those in need through illness or disability.The advancement of education.The advancement of culture and heritage.The advancement of saving lives via voluntary emergency and rescue services.Promotion of the efficiency of other charitable organisations who share these objects.Promotion of the efficiency of organisations registered as a charity with the Charity Commission

Latest Income: £8,316
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Porthcawl Lifeguard Club

Saving of lives

New lifeguard station 2010. Provide education and training in surf lifesaving skills and first aid procedures. Improve Voluntary Patrols and support paid lifeguards on both Sandy Bay and Trecco Bay. Attend/host events with SLSA Wales also affiliated to RLSS. Adopted Sandy Bay under the Marine Conservation Scheme and take part in regularly Beach Cleans with the support of Keep Wales Tidy.

Latest Income: £7,955
Areas of Operation: Bridgend
Status: Registered
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Mendip Cave Rescue

Saving of lives

Emergency Search and Rescue from underground locations. Examples are Natural Caves,Disused Stone Mines, Natural Confined Spaces etc. Assistance with Surface Search & Rescue when requested.

Latest Income: £7,940
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Portsmouth And Southsea Voluntary Lifeguards

Saving of lives

The aims and objectives of the Portsmouth & Southsea Voluntary Lifeguard Club are to train competent swimmers in the RLSS method of life-saving/lifeguarding, provide an inshore rescue boat service and to guard the local beaches to render them safer for bathers and boat users.

Latest Income: £7,917
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Search And Rescue Lincolnshire

Saving of lives

To assist in the relief of suffering and distress among persons endangered by accidents or natural hazards in Lincolnshire. Particularly by providing adequate arrangements for the secure and efficient search and rescue of any person or persons so endangered.

Latest Income: £7,620
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Berta And Hector Young Trust

Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The relief of hardship or provision of welfare of any member or former member of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service or the spouse partner or widow, widower or dependant of any member or former member.In addition to the foregoing the Trustees have the power to consider similar grant payments to employees contracted to the Service.

Latest Income: £7,188
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Parkin Memorial Hall - Pooley Bridge

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Facilities, Health, Saving of lives

Local activities, church activities, songs of praise etc, Sunday school, local charity fundraising, local hospital support, youth organisations, mountain rescue teams, womens institute.

Latest Income: £6,902
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Welsh Springer Spaniel Rescue

Animals, Beneficiary group, Saving of lives

WSSR is a breed rescue service which recovers, rehabilitates and rehomes any Welsh Springer spaniel which has been ill-treated, neglected or is unwanted for whatever reason. It aims to ensure the welfare and wellbeing of surrendered dogs, covering costs of veterinary and related care, extending financial assistance to adopting families where veterinary care and medication are ongoing necessities.

Latest Income: £6,781
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Enfield School Of Life Saving

Education, Saving of lives

Teaching Life Saving, Life Guarding with AED, Life Support, First Aid at work, and Paedeatric FA to the syllabus for various awards of the Royal Life Saving Society. Age range from about 10 to 40 but mainly in the 13 to 19 age group. Only restriction is that they can swim before starting.

Latest Income: £5,867
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Little Angels Trust

Charity and VCS support, Health, Leisure, Saving of lives

Fundraising Activities include sponsored Walks/Fun RunAn Evening With a Mission to raise more Awareness and much needed funds to pay for hospital/medical and life saving surgeries in developing countries like GhanaFootball (Soccer) ChallengeTeddy Bears PicnicsBake Sale and many more

Latest Income: £5,706
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Clwb Achub Bywyd O’r MÔr Llanfairfechan Surf Life Saving Club

Leisure, Saving of lives

To save life and improve the safety of Llanfairfechan Beach through prevention, rescue, training and teaching of surf lifesaving skills in particular but not exclusively by:1. Promoting the water safety aspect to all beach activities.2. Developing beach lifesaving methods in all their respects.3. Providing coaching and competitive opportunities in the sport of surf lifesaving.

Latest Income: £5,552
Areas of Operation: Conwy
Status: Registered
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Northumbria Advanced Motorcyclists

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Crime and Justice, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Northumbria Advanced Motorcyclists (NAM) is a affiliated to The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). Our main aim is to promote safe riding. Our volunteers train riders in the Northumbria area to reach an advanced standard which is recognised by the IAM. NAM also promotes social activities and charity fundraising for local charities.NAM works closely with the Police and Fire and Rescue Services.

Latest Income: £5,100
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Fulford And District Community First Responders

Charity and VCS support, Health, Saving of lives

CFRs are volunteers who are trained to a nationally recognised qualification by West Midlands Ambulance Service and dispatched by them to medical emergencies in our area (Fulford, Meir Heath, Blythe Bridge, Cresswell, Leigh, Milwich, Sandon, Hilderstone & Moddershall) and further afield if required. Providing life-saving care in those crucial first few minutes prior to the arrival of an ambulance.

Latest Income: £4,827
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Whitsand Bay Surf Life Saving Club

Saving of lives

Whitsand Bay Surf Life Saving Club was established to save lives and prevent drowning and to provide education and training in all areas relating to lifesaving, rescue and resuscitation for the benefit of the public in South East Cornwall.

Latest Income: £4,774
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Mercia Accident Rescue Service

Health, Saving of lives

The provision of pre hospital trauma care and the training of suitable persons for that purpose.

Latest Income: £4,529
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Water Search And Rescue Team

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

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

Latest Income: £4,379
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The North East Search And Rescue Association

Saving of lives

The Association aims to relieve suffering & distress amongst persons affected by accident or natural hazards within the North East of England or any other place if requested. The Association aims to further relations between member teams & member teams & other interested parties; represent member bodies on the Mountain Rescue (England & Wales); & maintain & improve standards of member teams.

Latest Income: £4,230
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Peninsula Mountain And Cave Rescue Association

Saving of lives

PenMaCRA coordinates and provides training, equipment and facilities to members of Mountain Rescue England and Wales ("MR") operating in the South West of England and acts as the forum for operational standards in association with MR and statutory emergency services

Latest Income: £4,170
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Spear Search And Rescue

Saving of lives

Saving lives through emergency response and capacity building in the UK and overseas.

Latest Income: £4,018
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Pakefield Coastwatch

Saving of lives

A Coastal Surveillance Station that provides assistance in the protection and preservation of the lives and property of people at sea or along the coastline, within the visible range of the Coastwatch Station, by keeping a watch and providing support to Search and Rescue services and by assisting and reporting directly to HM Coastguard.

Latest Income: £3,948
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Staffordshire Fire And Rescue Memorial Garden

Arts, Facilities, Heritage, Saving of lives

MEMORIAL GARDEN FOR SERVING AND FORMER EMPLOYEES OF STAFFORDSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE.MAINTENANCE OF GARDEN.PROVISION OF MEMORIAL MARKERS IN GARDEN,SCATTERING OF ASHES.ENTRIES IN BOOK OF REMEMBERANCE

Latest Income: £3,931
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Bexley Beavers

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Leisure, Saving of lives

Bexley Beavers provides an exclusive weekly swimming session for people with disabilities, their carers and their immediate family members, supervised by trained volunteer lifeguards, to enjoy the health and social benefits that swimming provides. It provides an opportunity for all of the family to enjoy some time together in an activity that they would not normally have access to.

Latest Income: £3,776
Areas of Operation: Bexley
Status: Registered
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The Virgin Islands Search And Rescue Trust (uk)

Saving of lives

Support of search and rescue in the marine environment

Latest Income: £3,739
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many search-and-rescue saving of lives charities are there in the UK?

There are 338 registered search-and-rescue saving of lives charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the search-and-rescue saving of lives charities by income?

British Heart Foundation is the largest by latest reported annual income (£410.6m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of search-and-rescue saving of lives charities?

Search-and-rescue saving of lives charities reported a combined annual income of £4.2bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for search-and-rescue saving of lives charities?

Across all search-and-rescue saving of lives charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 78.9%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of search-and-rescue saving of lives charities?

Search-and-rescue saving of lives charities have an average annual income of £1.7m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.