Kendal Mountain Search & Rescue Team
Analysis
Kendal Mountain Search & Rescue Team is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kendal. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06666537). It says it other charitable activities.
In the financial year ending August 2025, Kendal Mountain Search & Rescue Team reported income of £100k and spending of £68k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £111k to £100k (-9.7%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kendal Mountain Search & Rescue Team sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pregnancy Crisis Care (Plymouth & Se Cornwall) (£100k), True Worshippers Revival Ministries International (£100k) and Gloucestershire Agricultural House Foundation (£100k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The Charity recruits, trains, maintains & equips a team of volunteers who are able to search for and rescue any persons or animals in distress primarily in the Lakeland & Cumbrian fells. The Team also will assist the emergency services in swift water rescue incidents, bad winter weather and urban and rural searches for lost or vunerable persons.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Pregnancy Crisis Care (Plymouth & Se Cornwall) | Devon | £100k |
| True Worshippers Revival Ministries International | Wellingborough | £100k |
| Gloucestershire Agricultural House Foundation | Gloucestershire | £100k |
| Turners & Locksley Residents Association | London | £100k |