Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team

Analysis

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Seascale. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team reported income of £184k and spending of £125k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £124k to £184k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The League of Friends of the Exmouth Hospital (£184k), Linden Hall Community Centre Limited (£184k) and South East Coast Ambulance Service Charitable Fund (£184k).