Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue

Analysis

Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in April 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, armed forces/emergency service efficiency and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. It says it provides human resources, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue reported income of £68k and spending of £77k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £32k to £68k (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include President of the Regimental Institute 29 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps (£68k), Batus General Fund (£69k) and Centurion Fund (£67k).