Search and rescue `SL103`¶

Search and rescue is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Saving of lives category.

450 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 0.22% of all charities.

Keywords to find charities¶

UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.

The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:

Distribution by size of charity¶

Income band	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
Under £10k	122	0.15%
£10k - £100k	205	0.32%
£100k - £250k	47	0.24%
£250k - £500k	23	0.25%
£500k - £1m	4	0.07%
£1m - £10m	14	0.18%
Over £10m	8	0.43%
Total	423	0.22%

Distribution by charity regulator¶

Regulator	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
ccew	354	0.21%
oscr	78	0.31%
ccni	18	0.25%
Total	450	0.22%

Ten largest charities (by income)¶

Name	Latest income
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION [Charity number: 225971] The BHF is the UK's largest independent funder of cardiovascular research in the UK. For over 60 years BHF has pioneered life-saving research that has helped halve the number of deaths from heart and circulatory disease in the UK. BHF also helps provide vital support and information for the 7.4m people living in the UK with heart and circulatory disease.	£351,700,000
MSI REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES [Charity number: 265543] MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world's leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post- abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, high- quality services. Our 9,000 team members work across 37 countries, reaching over 35,000 women each day.	£290,629,000
THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION [Charity number: 209603] To save lives, promote safety and rescue service efficiency, and provide relief from disaster at sea and on inland and flood waters; to advance the education of the public in matters relating to sea, inland and flood water safety, and in the history and heritage of the Institution; to relieve/assist those who have been involved in saving lives at sea and on inland and flood waters in any capacity.	£219,912,000
Royal National Lifeboat Institution [Charity number: SC037736] The object of the Institution ('the Object') shall be to save lives at sea and on inland and flood waters. In order to achieve the Object, the powers of the Institution shall without limitation include the following:- to promote safety and provide relief from disaster at sea and on inland and flood waters. to advance the education of the public in matters relating to safety at sea and on inland and flood waters and in the history and heritage of the Institution. to promote the efficiency of rescue services at sea and on inland and flood waters. and to relieve and assist those who have been involved in saving lives at sea and on inland and flood waters in any capacity, and who are in need of such relief or assistance by reason of poverty, disability, infirmity or otherwise, and their dependants.	£219,900,000
THE ROYAL MARSDEN CANCER CHARITY [Charity number: 1095197] The Charity's objects are to raise money solely to allow The Royal Marsden Foundation Trust to fund state-of-the-art equipment and groundbreaking research, create the best patient environments, and ensure its nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments which are used here in the UK and around the world.	£31,237,000
Oxfam Ireland [Charity number: NI100848] Oxfam Northern Ireland, together with Oxfam Republic of Ireland, is an independent affiliate member of the global Oxfam International Confederation . Our purpose is to help create lasting solutions to the injustice of poverty. Our role is to enable transformational change; to open political space, building capacity and sharing technical expertise, raising funds and public support, leveraging our own resources to multiply funds, providing strategic funding to partners and carrying out humanitarian work that integrates life-saving response in times of crisis with building resilience We focus on three key areas as follows: • Practical support for the long-term development efforts of communities and people affected by chronic poverty • The urgent relief of suffering caused by humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made • Campaigning & advocacy to change the policies and practices of public and private institutions that effect the lives of people living in poverty In order to achieve our purpose, we raise funds from government, trusts and other foundations, through our chain of shops and via fundraising events, legacies and from the general public. We also work to raise public awareness on the underlying causes of global poverty and injustice and offer the public a variety of channels through which they can engage with our work to bring about positive changes in the lives of people who are living in poverty. We campaign and lobby key decision-makers and institutions to bring about pro poor policy changes at all levelsand we bring the voices of the poor to key-decision-making forums.	£15,120,000
HEALTH LIMITED [Charity number: 290535] We work to improve the health of the world's poorest people, ensuring people who otherwise would have no support receive basic but life-saving health care and education.	£14,992,209
KIDNEY RESEARCH UK [Charity number: 252892] To fund and deliver life-saving research into kidney diseases. To improve treatments for people with kidney diseases and enhance their quality of life and to increase awareness of kidney health.	£12,773,000
The Workforce Development Trust Limited [Charity number: SC045901] 2.1 The objects for which the company is established are to support the development and effective use of workforce skills to provide services for the public good through: 2.1.1 preserving and protecting good health. 2.1.2 the sound administration of the law. 2.1 .3 the efficiency of the police, the armed forces of the Crown and the fire and rescue services. 2.1.4 Financial Services. and 2.1 .5 the efficient public administration of government and public service and the strategic development of the Health Service workforce. 2.2 In particular but not exclusively by: 2.2.1 advancing the education, training and skills of existing and future workforces in those sectors. 2.2.2 researching, analysing and interpreting the operational requirements of the relevant sector workforces. 2.2.3 setting nationally recognised competencies for job specific training and awards to create an effective workforce in the above sectors. 2.2.4 analysing and interpreting the operational requirements in the workforces of the above sectors to define role profiles expressed in the terms of the applicable national occupation standards or other industry standards. 2.2 .5 creating competency frameworks for a sector, through job analysis and mapping existing education and training, identifying gaps and inconsistencies. 2.2.6 the creation of qualifications and other forms of accreditation that recognise the attainment of competent practice. and 2.2.7 the identification, design and recognition of continuing professional development that ensures sector employees are able to maintain and demonstrate competence on an on-going basis.	£9,362,357
CAUDWELL CHILDREN [Charity number: 1079770] Caudwell Children provides: Family support and short break activities Mobility and sensory equipment * Access to life saving surgeries treatments* Life changing therapy for children with brain injuries, and their families Supported holidays for children fighting life threatening illnesses with their families Holistic therapy for Autistic children and their families	£6,157,959

Ten random charities¶

Name	Latest income
Friends of Alcaig Telephone Box (SCIO) [Charity number: SC050920] The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 The acquisition of the telephone call box at Alcaig, Conon Bridge, Dingwall, Ross & Cromarty for the benefit of the local community. 4.2 The examination of the feasibility of installing a defibrillator in the telephone box, providing the public with life saving facilities. 4.3 The advancement of citizenship and community development by providing a book exchange library and local information point, helping promote people’s ability to participate in community life.” 4.4 The encouragement of the community to maintain the telephone box and surrounding land, fostering a sense of pride in the community.
RETHINK CHARITY [Charity number: 1201676] Rethink Charity provides disaster relief and aid, search and rescue teams, education, grants, economic initiatives, and community activation efforts worldwide. We empower communities to overcome social, economic, and environmental challenges.
THE BERTA AND HECTOR YOUNG TRUST [Charity number: 259048] 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.	£2,446
EMERGENCY DAMAGE MANAGEMENT [Charity number: 1129357] Emergency Damage Management provides free advice and support to the public, both domestically and commercially in respect of issues which may arise following damage caused to property by fire, flood or other disasters. We work in partnership with the Fire and Rescue Service.	£61,723
GLOSSOP MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM [Charity number: 1186862] To provide a service to the general public to treat trauma and search for missing persons on the hills, fells and upland areas, primarily, in the Dark Peak. We can also be tasked to assist similar events anywhere in the UK to assist our fellow Mountain Rescue team colleagues.	£491,047
DARTMOOR SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM (PLYMOUTH) [Charity number: 1201229] TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS ENDANGERED BY ACCIDENTS, ILLNESS OR NATURAL HAZARDS PRIMARILY WITHIN MOORLAND AREAS, TO ENCOURAGE MOORLAND SAFETY INSTRUCTION AND AWARENESS THROUGH ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO PROVIDE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SECURE AND EFFICIENT SEARCH AND RESCUE OF ANY PERSONS WITHIN THE MOUNTAIN RESCUE ENGLAND AND WALES AREA OF OPERATION.
ALL TERRAIN BIKE RESPONSE UNIT (ATBRU) SEARCH AND RESCUE [Charity number: 1139789] Search and RescueMedical ResposneCivil ContingencyDisaster ResponseEvent First Aid	£8,980
GLOUCESTERSHIRE CAVE RESCUE GROUP [Charity number: 900316] The rescue and the preservation of life of persons injured or stranded underground and to assist other emergency services, including other cave rescue groups and mountain rescue teams.	£10,766
BUXTON MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM [Charity number: 1153507] Provision of a volunteer based search and rescue service in the UK, working alongside the police and other emergency services.	£61,038
FULFORD AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS [Charity number: 1121824] 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.	£3,320

Last update: January 2, 2024
Created: January 2, 2024