MOUNTAINWISE

Registered charity 1132529 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. To provide Duke of Edinburgh Award Expedition programmes and/or other educational and recreational activities as a means of:2. To advance the education of the public, in particular but not exclusively in the subject of the physical and natural environment.

Objects

TO PROVIDE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD EXPEDITION PROGRAMMESAND/OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AS A MEANSOF:A) PROMOTING THE MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION,DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGEOF 25 AND TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TOFULL MATURITY AS RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.B) PRESERVING AND PROTECTING HEALTH FOR VULNERABLE ADULTS ANDTHOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN ORDER THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OFLIFE MAY BE IMPROVEDTO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOTEXCLUSIVELY IN THE SUBJECT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURALENVIRONMENT"

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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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Latest income
£188k
Latest spending
£192k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity strengthened its financial position with minimal losses for the year, resulting in total funds of £103,865. The trustees confirm that reserves were above their stated policy target of retaining at least three months of expenditure. They are confident the charity can continue as a going concern in the future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £104k)
“The reserves policy is that at least 3 months expenditure to be retained as reserves at all times. In this financial period the reserves were above this level.” — page 3
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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£188k£192k
31/12/2024£198k£254k
31/12/2023£285k£262k
31/12/2022£245k£232k
31/12/2021£232k£173k

Common questions

Is MOUNTAINWISE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity strengthened its financial position with minimal losses for the year, resulting in total funds of £103,865. The trustees confirm that reserves were above their stated policy target of retaining at least three months of expenditure. They are confident the charity can continue as a going concern in the 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
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2019£8kOut of the City, Into the Wild