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Search And Rescue Dog Association (Southern Scotland)

SC028709Registered charity from 07 February 1999
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By SARDA (Southern Scotland)
Address 26 White Wisp Gardens
Dollar
Postcode FK14 7BH
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.sardasouthernscotland.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Association objectives are: To relieve suffering and distress amongst persons endangered by accidents or natural hazards primarily within Southern Scotland and in furtherance thereof but not otherwise; to provide at the request of any Police Authority or recognised Mountain Rescue Team search and rescue assistance through the availability of trained handlers and dogs and the provision of specialised equipment; to raise funds and administer them for the purposes of search and rescue dog training and the provision of essential equipment; to ensure that a high standard of dog and handler search and rescue training is achieved and maintained; and to represent mountain rescue and search dog interest to other organisations and also to the community at large
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
SARDA (Southern Scotland) trains and operates search and rescue dogs to find missing and injured people. The association operates primarily in Central and Southern areas of Scotland buts supports search and rescue activities across Scotland. We currently have 5 active mountain rescue dogs on the callout list and a number of trainees in the later stages of their training. Each dog handler is a member of a Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) which includes Killin, Tayside, Ochils, Tweed Valley, Galloway and Borders SAR. We also have a fully qualified Water Search dog who is a member of Nith Inshore Lifeboat. Callouts are instigated by Police Scotland and average over 40 per year, supporting Mountain Rescue Teams across Scotland, Nith Inshore Lifeboat, our sister organisation SARDA Scotland, Police Scotland and sometimes Mountain Rescue Teams and SARDA associations in the North of England.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 07 Feb 1999
Main Operating Location: Stirling
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the saving of lives", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £14,597 £15,387 07 Aug 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £42,450 £18,967 01 Jul 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £10,567 £27,479 16 Aug 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £11,362 £16,134 12 Apr 2025 Yes Not published by OSCR
31 Dec 2025 No No
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Susanna McCulloch
Blair Wilkie
Craig Paterson
Rob Hume
David Farmer
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