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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.

Hornsea Inshore Rescue

Saving of lives

To preserve and save life by the provision and maintenance of an in-shore rescue service along and off the coast of East Yorkshire of Yorkshire and by the promotion of all aspects of water safety.

Latest Income: £96,457
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Dartmoor Search And Rescue Team (tavistock)

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Health, Saving of lives

Dartmoor Search & Rescue Team (Tavistock) provide search & rescue services for the Police and Ambulance services for Dartmoor and the surrounding rural area. The team searches for and recovers missing persons of all ages and circumstances, such as youth groups, the elderly, despondents and those with dementia, and provides first aid and rescue cover for Ten Tors and similar events.

Latest Income: £96,176
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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North Dartmoor Search And Rescue Team

Economic and community development, Saving of lives

The team provides personnel to support the Police as required to search for and rescue members of the public who are missing and/or injured in rural and semi-rural areas in the South West of England. The team can mount an immediate and totally self-sufficient search & rescue operation at any time of day or night with trained search managers, medics and search & rescue personnel and equipment.

Latest Income: £95,741
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team

Saving of lives

We provide a rescue service to people and animals lost or injured in remote moorland areas of Swaledale and Wensleydale, North Yorkshire.

Latest Income: £94,575
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Northamptonshire Search And Rescue

Saving of lives

We aim to relieve the suffering and distress amongst person endangered by accidents or natural hazards and the preservation of life in particular, but not exclusively by:1. The provision of trained resources to the Police, other emergency services, Local Authorities and other search and rescue organisations2. Assist statutory authorities for the relief of those in need in emergencies

Latest Income: £94,341
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Hope Cove Life Boat

Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The charity relies on donations in order to carry out its main objective, which is to provide a lifeboat for the protection of the general public. The charity also carries out fundraising events and sells clothing in order to raise additional funds.

Latest Income: £94,214
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade

Charity and VCS support, Heritage, Saving of lives

Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade is a voluntary shore based coastal rescue team. We specialise in Rope Rescue, Water Rescue & Coastal Search and Rescue. Operating from the Watch House Museum in Tynemouth, we need to raise at least £30,000 each year to maintain our rescue team, free-to-visit museum and to provide our water safety educational offering.

Latest Income: £93,768
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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National Search And Rescue Dog Association

Animals, Saving of lives

1. To promote on a National level the charitable work of the Search and Rescue Dog Associations of the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland 2. Promote the development of Search Dogs to locate lost and or trapped people.3. Support handlers to achieve a greater understanding of training of Search Dogs.

Latest Income: £93,626
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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North East Wales Search And Rescue Team

Economic and community development, Saving of lives

We provide Search and Rescue of the vulnerable and missing, we rescue the injured from hazardous locations including mountains, quarries, urban areas, rivers, lakes and floodwater. We also recover the deceased from isolated or hazardous locations. The medical treatments are provided by trained members of the team. We operate in Conway, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Powys and Wrexham.

Latest Income: £93,499
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Race Against Blood Cancer

Health, Research, Saving of lives

Race Against Blood Cancer's goal is to increase the volume and diversity of people who register as potentially life-saving stem cell donors.Our ultimate goal is to increase the number of people from minority groups ? whether defined by race, ethnicity or gender ? which are vastly underrepresented on the donor registry as stem cell or bone marrow donors.

Latest Income: £92,733
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Search And Rescue Assistance In Disasters

Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

We are a specialist disaster response and humanitarian assistance charity that supports both domestic and international communities in times of need affected by disasters natural and man-made. We train and equip dedicated volunteers and members of the public to provide assistance and support to the emergency services

Latest Income: £91,786
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Wave Wrangler

Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

Wave Wrangler looks to build awareness of living with arryhthmia through ocean based expeditions.Through hosting events, expeditions and challenges, the charity will raise funds to help people of all ages deal with the complications of arrhythmia including the donation of life saving devices. In 2023, founder Elliot Awin will be the first person to row an ocean with a cardiac pacing device.

Latest Income: £91,008
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Association Of Lowland Search And Rescue

Saving of lives

Lowland Rescue provides Search & Rescue support to the emergency services alongside Mountain Rescue, Cave Rescue, RNLI and others. Lowland Rescue teams work 'From Hill to High Water' in over 30 counties of the UK and all of Northern Ireland.The Association of Lowland Search & Rescue is the coordinating body for individual Lowland Rescue teams.

Latest Income: £88,505
Areas of Operation: Jersey
Status: Registered
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Portreath Surf Life Saving Club

Leisure, Saving of lives

Coaching in Surf Lifesaving skills to gain qualifications for Surf Lifesaving Sport and lifeguarding to aid prevention of loss of life on Portreath Beach.

Latest Income: £88,275
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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St Agnes Surf Life Saving Club

Leisure, Saving of lives

To protect against loss of life at sea through education, training and action.To represent and promote the sports of surf lifesaving and surfing in St Agnes.To encourage the safe enjoyment of the coastal enviroment.

Latest Income: £87,544
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Teesdale And Weardale Search And Mountain Rescue Team

Economic and community development, Saving of lives

TWSMRT operates 24 hours per day, 365 days a year. We provide a mountain, search and rescue service for the whole of County Durham, from the high fells in the west to the coastal communities of the North Sea. The Team responds to requests by the Police to a range of incident types, from injured or lost people in the hills to vulnerable missing people in urban settings.

Latest Income: £83,707
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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The Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team

Health, Saving of lives

The team provides search & rescue facilities for use by police/ambulance services, mainly in West Yorkshire, but throughout England/Wales. The team also provides training and gives talks/visits to various interested groups, about mountain rescue.

Latest Income: £82,039
Areas of Operation: City Of Wakefield
Status: Registered
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Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team

Crime and Justice, Saving of lives

To provide efficient search and rescue services, primarily but not exclusively on mountains and fells, for the benefit of any person or persons in need of such services and also promote public safety in this subject by whatever charitable means the Executive Committee think fit.

Latest Income: £81,652
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club (cio)

Saving of lives

TO TEACH AND DEVELOP SURF LIFE SAVING SKILLS

Latest Income: £81,641
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Newquay Surf Life Saving Club

Saving of lives

To train all members in all activities towards becoming a surf life saver (Lifeguard)

Latest Income: £81,251
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Bucks Search & Rescue

Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

To relieve suffering by providing volunteers trained to search and recover missing vulnerable people, working at the request of Thames Valley Police and assisting other Rescue organisations. Providing First Aid and Search and Rescue volunteers to the County Emergency Resilience department during times of flood or other disasters. Providing First Aid and marshaling personnel to local organisations.

Latest Income: £81,231
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Avon & Somerset Search And Rescue

Saving of lives

Provision of search & rescue services to Avon & Somerset Police in Somerset and elsewhere

Latest Income: £80,906
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Exmoor Search And Rescue Team

Saving of lives

Searching for and rescuing missing and vunerable persons in Devon and Somerset.

Latest Income: £78,476
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Dawlish Swimming & Life Saving Association

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Saving of lives

Swimming lessons which follow the national plan through stages 4-7Competitive swimming from development to performance.The club provides a safe environment from which children from 5-18 can swim.

Latest Income: £77,787
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Kent Search And Rescue (lowland)

Saving of lives

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

Latest Income: £76,979
Areas of Operation: Kent
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.