MOUNTAIN TRAINING ENGLAND

Registered charity 1047124 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOUNTAIN LEADER TRAINING BOARD

Principal activity is the advancement for the public benefit of education and training in the skills required for the conduct of safe mountain walking and supervision of rock climbing.

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING (IN CONJUCTION WHERE APPROPRIATE WITH OTHER BODIES OR PERSONS AND IN PARTICULAR THE BRITISH MOUNTAINEERING COUNCIL AND THE UK MOUNTAIN TRAINING BOARD) IN THE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE CONDUCT OF SAFE MOUNTAINWALKING; AND (B) SUCH OTHER OBJECTS AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE MEMBERS SHALL DECIDE.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£469k
Latest spending
£468k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £20,358 for the year, bringing total unrestricted reserves to £536,866. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves of £433,503 exceed the stated policy target of £425,000, and the charity holds strong cash balances of £380,804. The trustees confirm that the going concern assumption remains valid with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £425,000 (held: £434k)
“concluding that the Charity should set a target for free reserves of £425,000.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee expenses
“During the year 6 (2024: 6) trustees were reimbursed expenses totalling £2,139 (2024: £2,660) for the year relating to travel to and from trustee meetings.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£469k£468k
31/12/2024£450k£455k
31/12/2023£362k£366k
31/12/2022£351k£329k
31/12/2021£297k£302k

Common questions

Is MOUNTAIN TRAINING ENGLAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £20,358 for the year, bringing total unrestricted reserves to £536,866. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves of £433,503 exceed the stated policy target of £425,000, and the charity holds strong cash balances of £380,804. The trustees confirm that the going concern assumption remains valid with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England04/01/2018£55k2017/18 Holding Award

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOUNTAIN TRAINING ENGLAND£469k—0above—no doubt
MOUNTAIN TRAINING TRUST FY2025£4.3m——unclear—material uncertainty
MOUNTAIN RESCUE ENGLAND AND WALES FY2024£1.3m—0above—no doubt
Mountain Training United Kingdom & Ireland Ltd FY2025£750k—0above—no doubt
LLANBERIS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO / TÎM ACHUB MYNYDD LLANBERIS SCE FY2025£123k—0above—no doubt
ABC TRAINING TRUST FY2025£279k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.