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Mountain Training United Kingdom & Ireland Ltd

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1090203Betws-y-CoedHealth and saving lives
Income£750k2025-12-31
Spending£764ksame year
Spent / received103%5-year average
Size in its cause87th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2002Charitable company
Employees14latest return

Analysis

Mountain Training United Kingdom & Ireland Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Betws-y-Coed. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04226512). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mountain Training United Kingdom & Ireland Ltd reported income of £750k and spending of £764k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £492k to £750k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mountain Training United Kingdom & Ireland Ltd sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Munshi Trust U.k. (£750k), The Rory Peck Trust (£751k) and The Street Foundation (£750k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and donations and legacies 8.1%. Charitable activities took 64% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £102k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£193k£385k£578k£771k2021 Income: £491,6422021 Spending: £468,54120212022 Income: £550,5872022 Spending: £557,56020222023 Income: £595,5952023 Spending: £644,32520232024 Income: £719,4712024 Spending: £770,99920242025 Income: £750,3152025 Spending: £764,1592025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 8.1%
  • Charitable activities 91%
  • Trading 0.3%
  • Investments 0.3%

In the charity's own words

MTUK & Ireland Ltd is the co-ordinating body for all mountain training schemes in the UK, overseeing the training and assessment of around six thousand leaders and mountaineering instructors annually.

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CharityLocationIncome
Munshi Trust U.k.Chorley£750k
The Rory Peck TrustLondon£751k
The Street FoundationHerefordshire£750k
Recovery Cymru CommunityCardiff£751k