Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team

Analysis

Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hebden Bridge. It was registered in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03946667). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team reported income of £170k and spending of £90k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £60k to £170k (+183%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 207%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include AlixPartners (UK) Charitable Foundation (£170k), Prostaid (£170k) and The Freemasons' Fund for Surgical Research (£170k).