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KENDAL MOUNTAIN SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM

Registered charity 1125680 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity recruits, trains, maintains & equips a team of volunteers who are able to search for and rescue any persons or animals in distress primarily in the Lakeland & Cumbrian fells. The Team also will assist the emergency services in swift water rescue incidents, bad winter weather and urban and rural searches for lost or vunerable persons.

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Latest income
£100k
Latest spending
£68k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a healthy financial position with total unrestricted funds increasing to £848,255. The trustees have designated specific reserves, including an operational reserve of £270,000 intended to cover three years of operating costs. There were no staff costs or trustee remuneration reported for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three years' operating costs (held: £848k)
“This amount is calculated to cover three years' operating costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kendal Mountain Search & Rescue Team (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£100k£68k
31/08/2024£166k£101k
31/08/2023£245k£83k
31/08/2022£106k£55k
31/08/2021£111k£63k

Common questions

Is KENDAL MOUNTAIN SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains in a healthy financial position with total unrestricted funds increasing to £848,255. The trustees have designated specific reserves, including an operational reserve of £270,000 intended to cover three years of operating costs. There were no staff costs or trustee remuneration reported for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KENDAL MOUNTAIN SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KENDAL MOUNTAIN SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM as a grant recipient include YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government—£20kInshore & Inland Rescue Boat Grant Fund