Registered charity 1211315

Aberdyfi Search and Rescue Team / Tim Chwilio ac Achub Aberdyfi

What it does

To provide a search and rescue service for people in difficulties in any location at the request of the police force with particular emphasis on mountainous and remote rural terrain.

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

Its charitable purposes

TO SEARCH FOR AND RESCUE PEOPLE IN DIFFICULTIES IN ANY LOCATION AND IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF TO DEVELOP SEARCH AND RESCUE TECHNIQUES AND TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE TEAM

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

In Wales

Throughout Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £45,765 and spent £37,012.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2026	£45,765	£37,012	Not reported	50

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 81% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026.

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

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

6 trustees run the charity.

Ian Jonathan PilcherChairAppointed 12 May 2025
Catherine Claire HavardAppointed 12 May 2025
Huw NuttingAppointed 9 October 2025
Martin StephensonAppointed 9 October 2025
Paul Michael AslinAppointed 12 May 2025
Philip Roger StoneAppointed 9 October 2025

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 by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2026	31 January 2027	Received 14 September 2026, 139 days early	Received 14 September 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: 1211315
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 9 December 2024
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 09 Dec 2024
Website: www.aberdyfi-sart.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Gwynedd

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 18 April 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

31 March 2026

£45,765

£37,012

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2026

31 January 2027

Received 14 September 2026, 139 days early

Received 14 September 2026