OPERATION FLORENCE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 4 November 2021
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 16 May 2024 – 15 May 2025
Latest income: £497
Latest expenditure: £0
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 257 Thorney Leys, WITNEY, OX28 5PH

Website recorded by the regulator: www.opflorence.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Emergency Medical Rescue, inclusive of Technical Rescue (Rope Rescue, Confined Spaces, Water Search and Rescue, Urban Search and Rescue (Medium)), Mutual Aid Training, Youth and Community Training and engagement.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 16 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 15 May 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 15 March 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 14 March 2026
Date Accounts Received: 14 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £497
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 16 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 15 May 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 15 March 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 8 March 2025
Date Accounts Received: 8 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £250
Total Gross Expenditure: £50

Fin Period Start Date: 16 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 15 May 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 15 March 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 18 August 2024
Date Accounts Received: 18 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £60
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 4 November 2021
Fin Period End Date: 15 May 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 15 March 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 19 March 2023
Date Accounts Received: 19 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 16 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 15 May 2025
Ar Due Date: 15 March 2026
Ar Received Date: 14 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £497
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 16 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 15 May 2024
Ar Due Date: 15 March 2025
Ar Received Date: 8 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £250
Total Gross Expenditure: £50
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 16 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 15 May 2023
Ar Due Date: 15 March 2024
Ar Received Date: 18 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £60
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 4

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 4 November 2021
Fin Period End Date: 15 May 2022
Ar Due Date: 15 March 2023
Ar Received Date: 19 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 2

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: OPERATION FLORENCE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2021-11-04T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Nov 2021
Charitable Objects: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO FURTHER THE SAVING OF LIVES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING: • A FIRST RESPONSE SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICE TO THOSE IN NEED OF RESCUE FOLLOWING ACCIDENT OR DISASTER INVOLVING BODIES OF WATER, FLOODING OR OTHERWISE ENTRAPPED. • A FIRST RESPONSE MEDICAL CARE AND LIFE SAVING FIRST RESPONSE MEDICAL INTERVENTION TO THOSE EXPERIENCING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT OR DISASTER OR OTHERWISE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. • LIFE-SAVING EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORT OF LIVE HUMAN TISSUES, BLOOD OR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. • FIRST AID AND FIRST RESPONDER TRAINING TO YOUTH GROUPS. • TRAINING BURSARIES AND FUNDED APPRENTICESHIPS TO THOSE TRAINING TO SAVE LIVES, INCLUSIVE OF THOSE TRAINING TO BE FIRST RESPONDERS, AMBULANCE TECHNICIANS, PARAMEDICS, NURSES AND MIDWIVES.

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 648366
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: OPERATION FLORENCE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESCUE

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures