NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM

Registered charity 1189987 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide a search and rescue service for people who are lost, injured or endangered and appropriate medical care to mitigate further harm, injury or distress to such people. We do this particularly in rural upland areas but also in semi-rural and urban environments primarily in the counties of Northumberland and Tyne & Wear.

Objects

The objects of the CIO are:• to provide a search and rescue service for people who are lost, injured or endangered regardless of the circumstances in which their need arises;• to provide appropriate medical care to mitigate further harm, injury or distress to such people;• to provide appropriate support to the statutory emergency services during severe weather and other resilience events; and• to provide these services particularly in rural upland areas but also in semi-rural and urban environments primarily in the counties of Northumberland and Tyne & Wear (as defined in 2020) but in the wider North East region and further afield if requested by another mountain rescue team.

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
£102k
Latest spending
£99k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £3,401 for the year, resulting in total funds of £319,687. The Trustees confirm that current reserves and budgeted income are sufficient to continue as a going concern. The charity holds £38,569 in unrestricted general funds, which it reviews regularly against forecast expenditure to ensure it can meet its objectives.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £39k)
“The Trustees regularly review the level of general funds with regard to forecast income and expenditure in detail over the next 12 months and at a coarser level over 5 years. This ensures that the Team is able to meet its objectives in the short and long terms.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£102k£99k
31/12/2023£96k£120k
31/12/2022£140k£117k
31/12/2021£113k£73k
31/12/2020£0£0

Common questions

Is NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £3,401 for the year, resulting in total funds of £319,687. The Trustees confirm that current reserves and budgeted income are sufficient to continue as a going concern. The charity holds £38,569 in unrestricted general funds, which it reviews regularly against forecast expenditure to ensure it can meet its objectives. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM as a grant recipient include WASPS LEGENDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WASPS LEGENDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East19/12/2024£3kGrant to Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2022£10kDebrillators for Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team
Community Foundation North East24/03/2022£4kA grant to Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team
Community Foundation North East10/06/2021£2kA grant to Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team
Community Foundation North East27/07/2018£3kEquipment Storage
Community Foundation North East22/05/2018£5kDrone support for mountain rescue search
Northern Rock Foundation15/08/2001£5kGrant awarded to Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team (Northumberland)

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM£102k—0unclear—no doubt
SCARBOROUGH AND RYEDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM FY2024£159k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DUDDON AND FURNESS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO FY2025£405k—0unclear—no doubt
LANGDALE/AMBLESIDE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM FY2025£608k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LAKE DISTRICT SEARCH AND MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION FY2025£430k—0unclear—no doubt
DERBY MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM FY2024£180k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.