South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team/Tim Achub Ogofau de a Chanolbarth Cymru
Analysis
South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team/Tim Achub Ogofau de a Chanolbarth Cymru is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in January 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.
In the financial year ending December 2025, South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team/Tim Achub Ogofau de a Chanolbarth Cymru reported income of £16k and spending of £17k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £64k to £16k (-74%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team/Tim Achub Ogofau de a Chanolbarth Cymru sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kendrick and Sylvia Edwards Charitable Trust (£16k), Rotary Club of Torrington Trust Fund (£16k) and Bk's Heroes (£16k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The object of the Team shall be to relieve suffering and distress amongst persons or animals endangered by accident or natural hazards underground by the provision, at the request of the police, of search and rescue for any persons or animals endangered.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Kendrick and Sylvia Edwards Charitable Trust | Shrewsbury | £16k |
| Rotary Club of Torrington Trust Fund | Devon | £16k |
| Bk's Heroes | Preston | £16k |
| Samaritans of Maidstone and Weald | Maidstone | £16k |