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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Association Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1063329CumbriaGrant-making and general purposes
Income£281k2025-12-31
Spending£129ksame year
Spent / received44%5-year average
Size in its cause89th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered1997Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Association Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03255894). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Association Limited reported income of £281k and spending of £129k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £230k to £281k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 264%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Association Limited sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Citizens Advice Bureaux Service (£281k), Be Global Foundation (£282k) and The McCorquodale Charitable Trust (£281k).

Income and spending

£0£210k£420k£629k£839k2021 Income: £230,2802021 Spending: £171,39720212022 Income: £208,5802022 Spending: £115,78320222023 Income: £230,8692023 Spending: £143,72020232024 Income: £839,2592024 Spending: £227,91520242025 Income: £281,3432025 Spending: £129,1442025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

mountain and lake rescue service

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Citizens Advice Bureaux ServiceKingston Upon Thames£281k
Be Global FoundationWorcestershire£282k
The McCorquodale Charitable TrustBristol£281k
I Waqf Charitable TrustBirmingham£283k