LANGDALE/AMBLESIDE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM

Registered charity 1080132 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Mountain Rescue: rescuing lost, injured or distressed people from mountains and the rural environment

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £3,510,443, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trustees report a satisfactory financial position supported by substantial legacies and investment gains, noting that the reserve funding strategy should mitigate risks to the team's ability to continue functioning.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saint & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03939625

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SMITH, Ashley Darren Reginald — director, appointed 14/02/2026on trustee list
• CAPLE, Andrew John — director, appointed 25/04/2024on trustee list
• BAMFORTH, Philip James — director, appointed 25/04/2024on trustee list
• BENSON, Oliver — director, appointed 22/03/2023on trustee list
• BARRINGTON, David Llewellyn — director, appointed 05/04/2017on trustee list
• BOWNESS, Neil — director, appointed 01/04/2015on trustee list
• KILNER, Ben — secretary, appointed 08/05/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~118.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Cole
• Andrew Caple
• Ashley Darren Reginald Smith
• Ben Kilner
• DAVID BARRINGTON
• Mark Parker
• Neil Bowness
• Oliver Benson
• Philip James Bamforth
• Sophie Puzey

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DUDDON AND FURNESS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO.

• THE DUDDON AND FURNESS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO income £405k
• THE LAKE DISTRICT SEARCH AND MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION income £430k
• WASDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £184k
• DERBY MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £180k
• LLANBERIS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO / TÎM ACHUB MYNYDD LLANBERIS SCE income £123k
• KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £107k

Side by side with its peers

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