Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue

Analysis

Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kirkby Stephen. It was registered in December 2004, 22 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 04815181). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue reported income of £104k and spending of £57k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £59k to £104k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Polzeath Surf Lifesaving Club (£104k), Caudwell Lyme Disease (£104k) and Pink Events UK Limited (£104k).