Keswick Mountain Rescue Team

Analysis

Keswick Mountain Rescue Team is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Keswick. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Keswick Mountain Rescue Team reported income of £525k and spending of £349k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £304k to £525k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 134%. 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, Keswick Mountain Rescue Team sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Futuresense Foundation (£524k), The Health Forum (£525k) and Genesis Research Trust (£524k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90% and investments 9.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £270k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. It employed 1 people.