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Wessex Flood Rescue Unit

Wessex Flood Rescue Unit is a registered charity (number 1162090) based in Bournemouth, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £7k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Wessex Flood and Water Rescue (Charity Commission)

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £7k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire and more
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7k£17k
  • 2024£51k£44k
  • 2023£19k£49k
Earlier years
  • 2022£37k£4k
  • 2021£0£2k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

2.1. TO PRESERVE OR ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE IN FLOOD CONDITIONS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE FLOOD RESCUE UNIT ARE SET OUT AS FOLLOWS:2.1.1. SAVE LIVES AND MITIGATE DAMAGE DURING A FLOOD INCIDENT OR INCIDENT OCCURRING AT INLAND FLOODS, OR IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF A FLOOD.2.1.2. WORK WITH THE INCIDENT MANAGERS AS DIRECTED WITHIN THE TRAINING LEVELS OF THE TEAM PRESENT.THESE ACTIONS TO BE WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS OF INCIDENT RESPONSE.

Grants received

4 grants · £45,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £45,000 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £15,0002024-01-12
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002022-10-14
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002018-10-19
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002016-09-21
Board analysis

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.

4 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1162090
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12 APR 2015
Contact on the register
07921700253 · andy.edwards@wessexrescue.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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