Registered charity 1210176

K9 Search and Rescue

What it does

Providing Search and Rescue Dogs across the UK.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

1. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND SAVING OF LIVES BY PROVIDING A DEDICATED AND TRAINED EMERGENCY SEARCH SERVICE CONSISTING OF APPROPRIATELY TRAINED DOGS AND VOLUNTEER HANDLERS TO ASSIST AND SUPPORT THE EMERGENCY SERVICES AND VOLUNTARY RESCUE SERVICES IN THE SEARCH AND RESCUE OF MISSING PERSONS AND BY THE PROVISION OF A CANINE BEFRIENDING SERVICE ACROSS THE UK.2. TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF BEREAVEMENT BY ASSISTING STATUTORY SERVICES BY REPATRIATING LOVED ONES WITH THE MISSING DECEASED BY THE USE OF SPECIALIST SEARCH DOGS AND PERSONNEL ON LAND AND WATER.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Health and saving lives
Who it helps: The general public
How it works: Provides services

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

Elsewhere

Throughout England and Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 30 June 2025, it had income of £1,210 and spent £420.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
30 June 2025	£1,210	£420	Not reported	11

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Spending against income: It spent 35% of its income in the year to 30 June 2025.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 30 June 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Trustees

3 trustees run the charity.

Emma Louise WhittleChairAppointed 7 August 2024
Patrick Robert HarperAppointed 10 September 2026
Rod Stoddart MBEAppointed 1 October 2026

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived after the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
30 June 2025	30 April 2026	Received 13 October 2026, 166 days late	Received 13 July 2026

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1210176
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 23 September 2024
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Sep 2024
Council area of its contact address: Conwy

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

30 June 2025

£1,210

£420

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

30 June 2025

30 April 2026

Received 13 October 2026, 166 days late

Received 13 July 2026