Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team

Analysis

Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in March 2000, 26 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03939625). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team reported income of £608k and spending of £290k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £950k to £608k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surrey Minority Ethnic Forum Ltd (£607k), Afrinspire (£609k) and Sahir House (£607k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90% and investments 10%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £418k. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 8.6%. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 108 months of spending at that rate.