The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

BAY Search and Rescue

Registered charity 1090880 Registered since 2002

Operates: Cumbria, Lancashire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

7.4y median 8y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 7Other Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 5

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£413k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.baysearchandrescue.org.uk
Emailgary@baysearchandrescue.org.uk
Phone01539568107
AddressHowe Lodge, Lyth, KENDAL, LA8 8DF

Finances

£486,571 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£244,893£248,495
2022£297,384£267,537
2023£359,267£327,653
2024£413,483£366,989
2025£486,571£479,918

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesArmed Forces/emergency Service EfficiencyOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE A SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICE IN THE UK FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE, PREVENTION OF INJURY AND PROTECTION OF PROPERTY BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL WORKING ALONGSIDE THE EXISTING EMERGENCY AND RESCUE SERVICES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 NOVEMBER 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 24 FEBRUARY 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 AUG 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 OCT 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 APR 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 MAY 2019NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 07 NOV 2019 as amended on 07 Nov 2019

Trustees (7)

7trustees
64median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

BAY Search and Rescue · 04329355 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 27/11/2001

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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