KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM

Registered charity 1115933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Saving lives in wild and remote places. We provide a 365 days a year, 24/7 search and mountain rescue service to walkers and climbers in the Dark Peak, as well as assisting the police with lowland search and rescue of vulnerable persons.

Objects

TO SAVE LIFE AND ALLEVIATE DISTRESS, PRIMARILY IN UPLAND AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS BY UNDERTAKING SEARCH AND RESCUE WHEN REQUESTED BY THE POLICE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED BY GI. IN PRACTICE, DERBYSHIRE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £1,368 for the year, with total funds carried forward at £373,830. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves of £163,970 are retained over a fixed reserve of £65,000, which is deemed sufficient to cover one year's running costs. The filing highlights reliance on public generosity and fundraising to maintain operational capability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05853040

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kinder 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.

• LAWTON, Graeme Thomas Joseph — director, appointed 27/03/2026on trustee list
• SMITH, Andrew Gordon — director, appointed 27/03/2026on trustee list
• LEE, James Elford — director, appointed 28/03/2024on trustee list
• WILD, Alison Hazel — director, appointed 25/03/2022on trustee list
• JOHNSON, Richard Mark — director, appointed 27/03/2020on trustee list
• HOWARTH, Alan Paul — director, appointed 27/03/2020on trustee list
• COTTON, Peter David, Dr — director, appointed 22/01/2018on trustee list
• HARRIES, James Richard — director, appointed 31/03/2017on trustee list
• PRATT, Oliver William, Dr — director, appointed 31/03/2017on trustee list
• HARRIES, James Richard — secretary, appointed 31/03/2017

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Wildchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alan Paul Howarth
• Andrew Smith
• Daniel Joseph William Heighway
• Dr David Cotton
• Dr Oliver Pratt
• Graeme Lawton
• James Elford Lee
• James Richard Harries
• Richard Mark Johnson

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DERBY MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM.

• DERBY MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £180k
• LANGDALE/AMBLESIDE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £608k
• THE DUDDON AND FURNESS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO income £405k
• LLANBERIS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO / TÎM ACHUB MYNYDD LLANBERIS SCE income £123k
• WASDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £184k
• THE LAKE DISTRICT SEARCH AND MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION income £430k

Side by side with its peers

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