WASDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM

Registered charity 1170178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team provides a Search & Rescue service on the mountains and off road locations in the Wasdale and Eskdale valleys of West Cumbria and surrounding areas. The team typically handles over 100 calls for assistance a year. Further information can be found at wmrt.org.uk

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Latest income

£184k

Latest spending

£125k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,439,862 at the end of the financial year, which the trustees consider sufficient as it meets their policy of holding at least two years' worth of annual income. The charity reported a net income surplus of £58,450 for the year, resulting in a total net asset value of £1,461,788.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two years annual income (held: £1.4m)

“The level of the general reserve should be at least the equivelant of two years annual income, the trustees are satified this has been met.” — page 65

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (12/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Michael Smithchair · trustee of 1 other charity
David Lee Tunstall · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Andrew Thomas Cramp · trustee of 2 other charities
Ian James Davidson · trustee of 1 other charity
John Richard Bamforth · trustee of 2 other charities
Jonathan Lynch · trustee of 1 other charity
Joseph John Noake · trustee of 1 other charity
Penelope Kirby
Robert Stalker · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£184k	£125k
30/09/2024	£286k	£149k
30/09/2023	£120k	£122k
30/09/2022	£100k	£108k
30/09/2021	£124k	£58k

Common questions

Is WASDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,439,862 at the end of the financial year, which the trustees consider sufficient as it meets their policy of holding at least two years' worth of annual income. The charity reported a net income surplus of £58,450 for the year, resulting in a total net asset value of £1,461,788. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.