Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs Association
Analysis
Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kendal. It was registered in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, animals and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs Association reported income of £63k and spending of £52k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £90k to £63k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs Association sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farm Fresh Revolution (£63k), Towcester Area Door to Door (£63k) and Cancer Aid for North/East (Sri Lanka) (£63k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
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In the charity's own words
We are a voluntary organisation dedicated to the training and use of mountain rescue search dogs to assist in the search for and rescue of missing persons, predominantly in a mountainous environment, but also in other areas where our skills may be of benefit.
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