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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.

Hamble Lifeboat Limited

Saving of lives

Lifeboat rescue services, to assist people in trouble on or in the water. Inshore rescue of Hamble River and Southampton water.Independent Charity from the RNLI. Charity Registration No 265661

Latest Income: £126,000
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Gafirs

Beneficiary group, Education, Saving of lives

Provision of lifeboat and other inshore rescue capabilities on the Solent and in Portsmouth Harbour, training for Junior members, 14 to 18 years in life-saving skills and water safety presentations to local schools, youth and community groups.

Latest Income: £123,156
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Longtown Mountain Rescue Team

Saving of lives

Mountain Rescue Team

Latest Income: £121,921
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team

Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Health, Saving of lives

We are a group of 45 unpaid volunteers who provide search and rescue services to people and animals who find themselves in difficulty, mainly in the countryside. We are available all day every day, whatever the weather. An Operational Support Group aid the Search and Rescue members. We depend on donations and fundraising. We assist both the Police and the Ambulance Service and other services.

Latest Income: £121,568
Areas of Operation: Middlesbrough
Status: Registered
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Penrith Mountain Rescue Team

Saving of lives

Penrith MRT provides a search and rescue service for climbers and fellwalkers in the NE corner of the Lake District and Cumbria. In addition, the team is available to assist the statutory emergency services in any way they can. This service is offered free, 24 hours a day and 365 days of the year.

Latest Income: £117,222
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Basics Essex Accident Rescue Service

Health, Professions, Saving of lives

BEARS provides immediate medical care in support of the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The scheme operates across Essex and provides trained and equipped Doctors and Paramedics to respond to emergency calls. All the clinicians have undergone additional training to their base medical qualification to provide advanced care to any patient that is ill or injured within the county.

Latest Income: £115,264
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Mundesley Volunteer Inshore Lifeboat Limited

Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

Provision of an Inshore Lifeboat and water rescue team located in Mundesley - North Norfolk.The Service will be a Declared Facility with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Latest Income: £112,482
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Surf Life Saving Association Of Wales

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Saving of lives

To help young people, especially but not exclusively through providing the facilities for young people to participate in organised life saving as a voluntary vital public service and to take part in beach and water sports so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society.

Latest Income: £112,399
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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West Mercia Search & Rescue

Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

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.

Latest Income: £112,283
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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London Search & Rescue

Saving of lives

The charity is based in London and operates both locally and nationally while assisting the police and other search and rescue teams in the search for vulnerable missing people.

Latest Income: £111,780
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Babies In Buscot Support

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

Core activities include fundraising to provide:- Professional and peer support to families,- Improved care by funding training for hospital staff and related services,- Life-saving medical equipment, - Improved ward facilities.

Latest Income: £111,777
Areas of Operation: Reading
Status: Registered
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Airworld Aviation Museum

Armed forces, Heritage, Leisure, Saving of lives

To provide a historical and educational service to visitors.Local history relating to the ex RAF Llandwrog base and the set up of the Mountain Rescue Service.

Latest Income: £110,142
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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Kinder Mountain Rescue Team

Saving of lives

Saving lives in wild and remote places. We provide a 365 days a year, 24/7 search and mountain rescue service to walkers and climbers in the Dark Peak, as well as assisting the police with lowland search and rescue of vulnerable persons.

Latest Income: £106,936
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Ea & W Muxlow Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Health, Saving of lives

The Charity has adopted a policy of using its resources almost exclusively to fund rehabilitation for alcoholics and addicts who have (a) been assessed as suitable for rehabilitation and (b) for whom no funding is available from any other sources and (exceptionally) to fund life saving or life changing surgery where the NHS would not assist

Latest Income: £103,451
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team

Economic and community development, Saving of lives

We provide a search and rescue service for people who are lost, injured or endangered and appropriate medical care to mitigate further harm, injury or distress to such people. We do this particularly in rural upland areas but also in semi-rural and urban environments primarily in the counties of Northumberland and Tyne & Wear.

Latest Income: £102,444
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Perranporth Surf Life Saving Club

Saving of lives

To train and educate all members of our community Surf Life Savinf skills and support our RNLI Lifeguards with voluntary patrols and future lifeguards.

Latest Income: £102,014
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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League Of Friends Of Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre

Associations, Health, Saving of lives

Our primary function is the purchase of essential life saving equipment for the neurosurgeons at Hurstwood Park Hospital, Haywards Heath.

Latest Income: £101,553
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Lancaster Area Search And Rescue

Saving of lives

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Latest Income: £99,967
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Aberavon Surf Life Saving Club CIO

Leisure, Saving of lives

We teach Life Saving Skills/Swimming Lessons from the age of 5yrs to 80 years of age. Cadio Pulmonery Resuscitation, First Aid and Beach Safety.

Latest Income: £99,846
Areas of Operation: Neath Port Talbot
Status: Registered
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Buxton Mountain Rescue Team

Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

Provision of a volunteer based search and rescue service in the UK, working alongside the police and other emergency services.

Latest Income: £99,544
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Brighton Surf Life Saving Club

Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

Brighton Surf Life Saving Club is a charity of over 100 volunteers helping to make our beaches a safer and more enjoyable place for everyone. BSLSC volunteers have been providing beach lifeguard training and patrolling in the local community for more than 60 years..

Latest Income: £99,033
Areas of Operation: Brighton And Hove
Status: Registered
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Ulverston Inshore Rescue

Saving of lives

To provide an effective rescue service for any human animal or boat in peril from the sea or Sands of Morecambe Bay and beyond as required. Also to provide services for search and sand rescue etc. To educate the public to the dangers of Morecambe Bay.

Latest Income: £98,794
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Missedabeat

Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

MISSEDABEAT supports communities across the UK by raising funds to provide life-saving defibrillators and Bleed Control Kits, all of which are registered on the national circuit to ensure accessibility during emergencies. Bleed Control Kits provide essential tools to manage severe bleeding before professional help arrives. Both significantly improving the chances of survival in critical situation

Latest Income: £98,033
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Kent Wildlife Rescue Service

Environment, Saving of lives

For the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of wild animals in Kent in need of care and attention and, in particular, to provide and maintain facilities for the rescue, reception, care and treatment of such animals.

Latest Income: £97,654
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association

Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

The relief of suffering and distress amongst persons and animals endangered by accidents or natural hazards by providing arrangements for secure and efficient search and rescue of such persons and animals.This done through the maintenance of volunteer underground and surface rescue teams, based in Grassington, North Yorkshire and covering Wharfedale, Nidderdale, Littondale and mid-Airedale.

Latest Income: £97,212
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
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.