MOUNTAIN TRAINING ENGLAND
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.
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.
What the accounts disclose
“concluding that the Charity should set a target for free reserves of £425,000.” — page 9
“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
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Trustees
- Peter Staceychair
- DAVID KIM PARRY
- Daniel James Stowers
- Hilary Watchman
- Johnathan Akinyemi
- Kelvyn Justin Simon James
- Lee John Pritchard
- Rebecca Smith
- Sharon Jane Kennedy
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport England | 04/01/2018 | £55k | 2017/18 Holding Award |
Charities like this
- MOUNTAIN TRAINING TRUST
- MOUNTAIN RESCUE ENGLAND AND WALES
- Mountain Training United Kingdom & Ireland Ltd
- LLANBERIS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO / TÎM ACHUB MYNYDD LLANBERIS SCE
- ABC TRAINING TRUST
- CYLCH MEITHRIN MYNYDDYGARREG
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOUNTAIN TRAINING ENGLAND | £469k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| MOUNTAIN TRAINING TRUST | £4.3m | — | — | unclear | — | material uncertainty |
| MOUNTAIN RESCUE ENGLAND AND WALES | £1.3m | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| Mountain Training United Kingdom & Ireland Ltd | £750k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| LLANBERIS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO / TÎM ACHUB MYNYDD LLANBERIS SCE | £123k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| ABC TRAINING TRUST | £279k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |