CLEVELAND MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM

Registered charity 252905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLEVELAND SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM, CSRT

We are a group of 45 unpaid volunteers who provide search and rescue services to people and animals who find themselves in difficulty, mainly in the countryside. We are available all day every day, whatever the weather. An Operational Support Group aid the Search and Rescue members. We depend on donations and fundraising. We assist both the Police and the Ambulance Service and other services.

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Latest income
£108k
Latest spending
£84k
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a surplus of £24,094 for the year and held unrestricted cash funds of £321,447 at the period end. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient cash funds to operate and has placed funds in fixed-term investments to meet current and future needs. No material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern were disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 3.2% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Fundraising as raised by the Support Group £24,592.24 and the fundraising costs associated with that were £797.00.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: Working capital reserve for 3 to 6 months - £25,000 General reserves for 2 years of running activity £100,000 Unspecified reserves (new kit etc) - £38,000 Earmarked reserves – vehicles - £100,000 Earmarked reserves – base maintenance/improvement £30,000 Earmarked reserves – Tech Wall - £28,000 (held: £321k)
“Working capital reserve for 3 to 6 months - £25,000 General reserves for 2 years of running activity £100,000 Unspecified reserves (new kit etc) - £38,000 Earmarked reserves – vehicles - £100,000 Earmarked reserves – base maintenance/improvement £30,000 Earmarked reserves – Tech Wall - £28,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Middlesbrough · North Yorkshire · Redcar And Cleveland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£108k£84k
31/12/2024£122k£48k
31/12/2023£113k£86k
31/12/2022£110k£106k
31/12/2021£121k£61k

Common questions

Is CLEVELAND MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a surplus of £24,094 for the year and held unrestricted cash funds of £321,447 at the period end. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient cash funds to operate and has placed funds in fixed-term investments to meet current and future needs. No material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern were disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CLEVELAND MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CLEVELAND MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM as a grant recipient include THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE, TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCEFY2022£25k
TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government26/08/2020£20kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2011£10kCleveland Search and Rescue Team (CSRT) Training Centre
UK government—£3kInshore & Inland Rescue Boat Grant Fund

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 DERBY MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLEVELAND MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM£108k—0above3.2%no doubt
DERBY MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM FY2024£180k—0unclear—no doubt
LLANBERIS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM CIO / TÎM ACHUB MYNYDD LLANBERIS SCE FY2025£123k—0above—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
THE LAKE DISTRICT SEARCH AND MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION FY2025£430k—0unclear—no doubt

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