LONGTOWN MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM

Registered charity 1200854 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Mountain Rescue Team

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO SAVE LIFE AND RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS IN PERSONS WHO ARE LOST, SICK OR INJURED, IN THE MOUNTAINS, HILLS, VALLEYS, RIVER SYSTEMS AND URBAN AREAS OF SOUTH EAST WALES, MID WALES AND ADJOINING AREAS IN ENGLAND AND IF REQUIRED TO SUPPORT OTHER MR TEAMS ELSEWHERE IN THE UK IN THEIR OPERATIONS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

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: Monmouthshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £394,341, derived from cash balances carried forward. The filing notes that the organization transitioned from a Registered Charity to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation during the financial year, with all assets and liabilities transferred to the new entity. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would cause concern regarding the accounting records or the accounts themselves.

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 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Timothy Pottschair
• Brian Glyn Thomas
• Daniel Mazhindu
• HAZEL HIGHFIELD
• Marc Ashton
• Mark Dyson
• Michael Paul Sheffield · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philippa Lewis
• STUART LOVEJOY

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Gloucestershire · Gwynedd · Herefordshire · Monmouthshire · Powys · Shropshire · Torfaen · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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