THE DUDDON AND FURNESS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO

Registered charity 1173246 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DFMRT CIO

Mountain Rescue Team in south west lake district. We provide search and rescue services to those lost or injured in wild and remote areas. We provide support via the police or ambulance service.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY THE PROVISION OF SEARCH AND RESCUE FACILITIES, TO SAVE LIFE AND RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS ENDANGERED PRIMARILY IN A MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MOUNTAIN SAFETY

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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Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is healthy, with unrestricted funds totaling £965,428 and total funds of £1,430,247 at year-end. The trustees have designated reserves to cover two years of basic team running costs and vehicle replacement, supported by a net income of £357,725 for the year. Significant capital commitments for a new operating base are funded by allocated cash reserves and assured incoming funds.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cheryl Cox · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Gill
• Cynthia Crawshaw
• JOHN GRAHAM WEALTHALL
• LYNN PATRICIA COOK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Patrick Damian Gannon
• Rob McClymont
• SIAN BEARD

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• OLDHAM MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £66k
• WASDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £184k
• KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £73k
• LANGDALE/AMBLESIDE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £608k
• WOODHEAD MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £99k
• DERBY MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM income £219k

Side by side with its peers

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