Bay Search and Rescue

Analysis

Bay Search and Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kendal. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, armed forces/emergency service efficiency and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04329355). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Bay Search and Rescue reported income of £487k and spending of £480k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £245k to £487k (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bay Search and Rescue sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotherham Abuse Advocacy and Counselling Service (£487k), Emmanuel Church Durham (£487k) and Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers (£487k).