Merseyside Lowland Search and Rescue

Analysis

Merseyside Lowland Search and Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birkenhead. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Merseyside Lowland Search and Rescue reported income of £22k and spending of £23k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £13k to £22k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Merseyside Lowland Search and Rescue sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Outreach Forum (£22k), Samaritans Ealing Branch (£22k) and WSH Bme Kidney Network (£22k).