Avon & Somerset Search and Rescue

Analysis

Avon & Somerset Search and Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Avon & Somerset Search and Rescue reported income of £40k and spending of £44k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £21k to £40k (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 262%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Avon & Somerset Search and Rescue sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Out of Character (£40k), Ihp Worship Ministry (£40k) and The Orthopaedics Charitable Trust Fund (£40k).