The L.H. & Area Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · Sable River, Nova Scotia · BN 892166646RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($125,545) as filed with the CRA.
The L.H. & Area Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Sable River, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $112K in revenue and $126K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $96.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $32K in 2020 to $112K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $112K | $126K | $125K | — | — | $170K |
| 2023 | $46K | $17K | $13K | — | $3,200 | $184K |
| 2022 | $35K | $15K | — | — | — | $155K |
| 2021 | $48K | $29K | $25K | — | $2,000 | $136K |
| 2020 | $32K | $24K | $24K | — | — | $116K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $96 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dale Richardson (fire chief); Meryl Buchanan (deputy chair); Roger Swansburg (captain); Kimberley Ringer (secretary/treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The L.H. & Area Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892166646RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.